Symptomatic Giant Lipoma Under the Latissimus Muscle. Issue 7 (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Choi, Hwan Jun; Kim, Sang Hun
• Is Part Of: Journal of craniofacial surgery. Volume 27:Issue 7(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: Intramuscular -- latissimus dorsi -- lipoma -- symptomatic; Facial bones -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Skull -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Face -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Surgery, Plastic -- Periodicals; 617.52
• DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000002910
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1049-2275

Abstract

Abstract : 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 >10 cm in length and weighs >1000 g. 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 21 cm × 12 cm in size was removed, and the weight of the mass was 455 g. 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.