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  • Title: Ruptured giant intrathoracic lipoblastoma in a 4-month-old infant: CT and MR findings.
    Author: Park CH, Kim KI, Lim YT, Chung SW, Lee CH.
    Journal: Pediatr Radiol; 2000 Jan; 30(1):38-40. PubMed ID: 10663508.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: We describe a 4-month-old infant with a ruptured intrathoracic lipoblastoma arising from the parietal pleura and associated with a pleural effusion. OBJECTIVE: The clinical presentation was rapidly evolving respiratory distress. The chest radiograph showed a large mass and a pleural effusion in the right thoracic cavity. CT demonstrated an inhomogeneous low-attenuation mass which was 7 cm in diameter and which showed areas of enhancement after intravenous contrast medium. MRI showed a fatty intrathoracic mass with intratumoral streaks and whorls, which were attributed to loose fibrovascular connective tissue on pathological examination. RESULTS: Thoracotomy and pathological examination revealed a ruptured intrathoracic lipoblastoma arising from the parietal pleura. CONCLUSION: The pleural effusion might have suggested rupture of the tumour.
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