J Korean Bone Joint Tumor Soc.  2013 Dec;19(2):97-100. 10.5292/jkbjts.2013.19.2.97.

Giant Lipoma of the Hand: A Case Report

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Bundang Jesaeng General Hospital, Daejin Medical Center, Seongnam, Korea. osjungyh@naver.com

Abstract

Lipomas are the commonest soft tissue tumor. However, those arsing in the hand are infrequent. Lipomas in the hand that exhibit a size of more than 5 cm call giant lipoma, these are very rare only case reports and small series of this entity have been described. We could experience a case about giant lipoma of the hand which cannot easily contact, we report a case including review of literatures.

Keyword

giant lipoma; hand

MeSH Terms

Hand*
Lipoma*

Figure

  • Figure 1. Plain radiographs demonstrate a large mass in the 1st, 2nd web space.

  • Figure 2. The MRI shows that the tumor is homogenous appearance suggestive of a benign lipoma.

  • Figure 3. Intraoperative photographs show the giant lipomatous mass of 6.8×4.8×2.5 cm.

  • Figure 4. The specimen was examined histologically, the tumor was benign lipoma.


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