Symptomatic Giant Lipoma Under the Latissimus Muscle
- Authors
- Choi, Hwan Jun; Kim, Sang Hun
- Issue Date
- Oct-2016
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ltd.
- Keywords
- Intramuscular; latissimus dorsi; lipoma; symptomatic
- Citation
- Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, v.27, no.7, pp E599 - E600
- Journal Title
- Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
- Volume
- 27
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- E599
- End Page
- E600
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/8721
- DOI
- 10.1097/SCS.0000000000002910
- ISSN
- 1049-2275
1536-3732
- Abstract
- Lipoma is a common benign tumor derived from stroma that can arise in any location where fat is normally present. Giant lipoma is defined as a lesion that is >10cm in length and weighs >1000g. Axillary region might have been exposed to microtraumas with each movement of upper extremity, leading to the development of giant lipoma. In this report, a 56-year-old man visited us because of a soft tissue mass on the left axilla that had been noticed 5 years before. We removed the tumor from the patient under general anesthesia. A lipoma measuring 21cm x 12cm in size was removed, and the weight of the mass was 455g. The case of our patient is very interesting because there have been few reported patients with a diagnosis of a giant lipoma in a sublatissimusdorsi muscle.
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