Liposarcomas correspond to the most common histological subtype of soft tissue sarcomas. They can be subdivided into: well differentiated or atypical lipoma, undifferentiated, myxoid, round, and pleomorphic cells. Atypical lipomas are the most prevalent and usually appear as asymptomatic softened tumors. They are locally aggressive but rarely lead to distant metastases. The diagnosis of this tu...

Lipomas are most common benign tumours derived from adipose tissue. Lipoma breast is somewhat difficult to diagnose clinically because of fatty consistency of breast. Lipoma breast measuring more than 10 cm in diameter or weighing more than 1 kg is called giant lipoma of breast which is infrequently observed because of rarity in size and location, with only very few case reports available in li...

  Lipomas of the gasterointestinal Tract are relatively uncommon in clinical practice. Most cases are asymptomatic with small tumor size and do not need any special treatment but the large ones are known to cause symptoms such as abdominal pain, obstruction, intussusceptions, and bleeding. The majority (90%) of these lesions are submucosal with predominantly right sided with a slight preponder...

Lipoma arborescens is a rare, mainly intra-articular lesion characterized by diffuse replacement of subsynovial tissue mature fat cells. It can be primary or secondary. The secondary type lipoma the more common. associated with an underlying chronic joint inflammation and irritation usually affecting elderly patients. In this paper, we report unusual case to gouty arthritis left knee young male...

A lipoma is a common benign tumor of mesenchymal origin that can arise in any location where fat is normally present, with incidence of approximately 16% of all mesenchymal tumors. However, submuscular lipomas under the pectoralis major muscle are rare. And, because lipomas tend to be small, large lipomas are specifically called ‘giant lipoma.’ Giant lipoma is defined as a lipoma that is greate...

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 di...

Lipoma is the most common benign mesenchymal neoplasm. About 16% of lipomas arise in the head and neck region, especially in the posterior neck. Large lipomas that originate from the retropharyngeal space may cause dyspnea, dysphagia, and snoring and occasionally may lead to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Herein, we report a 45-year-old male patient with OSAS caused by a giant retroph...

Introduction Lipoma is one of the most common benign mesenchymal tumor which can occur in almost in all organs of the body where fat normally exists, so called as universal tumor or ubiquitous tumor. Lipomas are slow growing that rarely reach a size more than 2-3cms. Lesions larger than 5cms, so called giant lipomas are seldom found inside the muscle compressing nervous-vascular structures. The...

This short report discusses a case of neurofibroma containing floret-like multinucleated giant cells. This being the second such case in the literature. Floret-like multinucleated giant cells have been reported in gynaecomastia and neurofibroma in neurofibromatosis type 1. These cells have been reported in uncommon soft tissue tumours including pleomorphic lipoma, giant cell collagenoma, giant ...