A giant lipoma.
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To cite: Abdulsalam T, Osuafor CN, Barrett M, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015212030 DESCRIPTION A 46-year-old woman presented with a large painless mass, present for over 10 years, on her right mid-lower back. However, it had increased in size over the past 3 years. She was a heavy-smoker, with a history of chronic obstructive airway disease. On examination, there was a large pedunculated mass located on her right mid-lower back (figure 1A–C, lateral view; figure 1D, E, close-up view). It was firm to the touch and non-tender. She had no other skin lesion and there were no palpable nodes. The rest of the examination was normal. Given the clinical findings, an MRI was performed due to concern for an underlying sarcoma (figure 2A, B, MRI-sagittal view; figure 2C, MRI axial view) reported a 19×17×6.7 cm (Craniocaudal × transverse × AP) mass at mid-thoracic to upper lumbar area. It demonstrated uniformly high T1 and T2 signals and was suppressed on the T1 fatsuppressed sequence. There was no abnormal enhancement and no communication between the
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ case reports
دوره 2015 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015