Key result
Case report details rare asymptomatic intravascular lipoma extending from right subclavian to brachiocephalic vein.
Why the study?
Lipomas arising from the walls of veins are very rare, with intravascular lipomas most commonly described in the inferior vena cava and rarely involving the subclavian vein.
Case Report (n=1)
Alerts clinicians to rare venous lipomas on imaging; leaves open natural history and management thresholds.
Lipomas are common soft tissue tumors that are located in the b ody tissues containing adipose tissues. However, lipomas arising from the walls of a vein are very rare. Intravascular lipomas have been described most commonly in association with the inferior vena cava. Intravascualar lipo mas involving the subclavian vein are rare. We are reporting a case of an asymptomatic lipoma of the right subclavian vein, growing into the right brachiocephalic vein.
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Ryu et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Intravascular lipoma of the right subclavian vein (n=1). A rare case of an asymptomatic intravascular lipoma of the right subclavian vein growing into the right brachiocephalic vein is reported.
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