Intrapulmonary lipoma: a case report and literature review.

BACKGROUND

Intrapulmonary lipoma is extemely rare in children. So far, all reported pulmonary lipomas were from adult patients.

METHODS

We present herein a case of intrapulmonary lipoma in a child and a review of the related literature.

RESULTS

A 13-month-old boy was hospitalized because of cough and fever. Chest CT showed patchy infiltration and round-shape, hypodense homogeneous lesions located in the lung. After 19 days of antibiotic treatment, his clinic symptoms disappeared, but the round lesions remained without any change. One month and one year later, he was examined by chest MRI with technique of fat suppression. The child was diagnosed as having an intrapulmonary lipoma without biopsy.

CONCLUSIONS

Intrapulmonary lipoma is rare in children. Chest CT and MRI are very important for the correct diagnosis of intrapulmonary lipoma.