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Chest wall lipoma. Should I have it removed?

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snow1122Sep 23, 2019

I have a chest wall lipoma under the chest muscle and is infiltrating rib 1/2 plus touching the pleura. Should I have it removed ? Pros and cons ? Thank you.

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