PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Dipin Sudhakaran
AU  - Sheragaru Hanumanthappa Chandrashekhara
AU  - Sunil Kumar
AU  - Mohamed Sulaiman
TI  - Unusual giant pleural lipomas: imaging features
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2020-238870
DP  - 2021 Jun 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e238870
VI  - 14
IP  - 6
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/6/e238870.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/6/e238870.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2021 Jun 01; 14
AB  - Pleural lipomas are rarely encountered in the thoracic cavity. Sometimes, they infiltrate the intercostal space to have a component on either side of the intercostal space forming a hourglass configuration. They are generally solitary, small and asymptomatic. We present the case of a 49-year-old man with two giant pleural lipomas, both originating from the right parietal pleura, and one of which was passing through the intercostal space giving rise to a hourglass-shaped configuration. When they occur, although benign, considering the evolutionary potential, excision is recommended.