Fat containing thoracic lesions

There is a long list of fat containing thoracic lesions. They may involve the mediastinum, lung, pleura or chest wall.

Differential diagnosis includes:

• intrapulmonary: fat containing pulmonary lesions
  • pulmonary hamartoma
  • endobronchial lipoma
  • intrapulmonary lipoma
  • lipoid pneumonia
  • myelolipoma of lung
  • lipoblastoma of lung
• pleural
  • pleural lipoma
  • pleural liposarcoma
• mediastinal:  fat containing mediastinal lesions
  • mediastinal lipoma
  • mediastinal lipomatosis
  • thymolipoma
  • thymoliposarcoma
  • mediastinal teratoma
• chest wall
  • chest wall lipoma
  • lipoasarcoma of chest wall
• other
  • fat containing hernias
    • fat containing Bochdalek hernia
    • fat containing Morgagni hernia
    • fat containing hiatus hernia
    • prominent juxtacaval fat
  • fat containing cardiac / juxtacardiac lesions
    • lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum
    • prominent epicardial fat pad
    • pericardial lipoma
    • epicardial lipomatosis
    • intracardiac lipoma
  • fat containing esophageal lesions
    • esophageal lipoma

Siehe auch:

• pulmonales Hamartom
• Lipomatöse Hypertrophie des interatrialen Septums
• lipomatöse Impression der Vena cava inferior
• Lipome des Ösophagus