Lipomas are very common benign slow-growing soft tissue neoplasms composed of mature adipose tissue mostly diagnosed in the fifth decade of life. These tumors rarely present in the oral cavity, representing less than approximately 5% of all benign mouth tumors. They are usually less than 2cm in size and etiology remains unclear. We report a young male patient presenting with a giant lipoma in t...

BACKGROUND Retroperitoneal lipoma is an extremely rare neoplasm. AIMS The authors report a case of giant retroperitoneal lipoma in a 32-year-old white female, with a history of pain and an abdominal mass over a 2-year period. Total abdominal ultrasonography and barium enema showed a large mass located in the retroperitoneal space behind the ascending colon. Laparotomy showed a large encapsula...

Lipomas are usually encapsulated benign tumors with slow growth (that begins in adipocytes. They occur mostly in adults, regardless of race or sex, with a slight female predominance in some studies. Lipoma is called giant lipoma when the resection specimen is greater than five centimeters. Cervical-dorsal cord lipoma are rare. We report the case of a 40-year old patient, presenting with cervica...

INTRODUCTION Lipomas are benign tumors which may appear in almost any human organ. Their diagnosis rate in the hand region is not known. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 63-year-old Greek Caucasian woman with a giant lipoma of the hand and palm which was not initially diagnosed. After repeated surgical decompression of the carpal tunnel the patient was referred with persisting sympt...

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