A CASE OF DIAPHRAGMATIC LIPOMA

Primary lipoma of the diaphragm is extremely rare. This paper presents a case of diaphragmatic lipoma which was diagnosed by an operation in a patient presented with feeling of oppression in the right hypochondrium. A 56-year-old man was seen at the hospital because of a feeling of oppression in the right hypochondrium. Abdominal echography, CT scan, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a tumor locating between the right diaphragm and liver. With a diagnosis of lipoma arising in the liver or diaphragm, the patient was operated on. At laparotomy, a tumor yellowish white in color connected to the right diaphragm by a pedicle with the size of tip of the small finger was confirmed. The pedicle of the tumor was ligated by a 1.0 silk thread and dissected. Pathological study of the excised material disclosed that the tumor was lipoma.