Diffuse Intramuscular Lipomatosis of a Lower Limb

Patient. A 40-year-old man presented with a swelling of the left thigh which had been increasing in size over 10 months. Surgery confirmed a diagnosis of lipoma. After 6 months, another swelling appeared, this time in the left calf. Ultrasound-guided biopsies revealed that the tissue showed appearan...

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Autores principales: Morris, Alfred D., Jane, Mike J., Ritchie, David, Helliwell, Tim
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1998
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2395374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18521234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13577149878172
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author Morris, Alfred D.
Jane, Mike J.
Ritchie, David
Helliwell, Tim
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Helliwell, Tim
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description Patient. A 40-year-old man presented with a swelling of the left thigh which had been increasing in size over 10 months. Surgery confirmed a diagnosis of lipoma. After 6 months, another swelling appeared, this time in the left calf. Ultrasound-guided biopsies revealed that the tissue showed appearances consistent with intramuscular lipoma. No further surgery was performed and the man is to be reviewed regularly, with possible debulking if necessary. Discussion. This case presents an atypical case of lipomatosis. Magnetic resonance imaging is useful for assessing the extent of the lesion.
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spelling pubmed-23953742008-06-02 Diffuse Intramuscular Lipomatosis of a Lower Limb Morris, Alfred D. Jane, Mike J. Ritchie, David Helliwell, Tim Sarcoma Research Article Patient. A 40-year-old man presented with a swelling of the left thigh which had been increasing in size over 10 months. Surgery confirmed a diagnosis of lipoma. After 6 months, another swelling appeared, this time in the left calf. Ultrasound-guided biopsies revealed that the tissue showed appearances consistent with intramuscular lipoma. No further surgery was performed and the man is to be reviewed regularly, with possible debulking if necessary. Discussion. This case presents an atypical case of lipomatosis. Magnetic resonance imaging is useful for assessing the extent of the lesion. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1998-03 /pmc/articles/PMC2395374/ /pubmed/18521234 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13577149878172 Text en Copyright © 1998 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Morris, Alfred D.
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Diffuse Intramuscular Lipomatosis of a Lower Limb
title Diffuse Intramuscular Lipomatosis of a Lower Limb
title_full Diffuse Intramuscular Lipomatosis of a Lower Limb
title_fullStr Diffuse Intramuscular Lipomatosis of a Lower Limb
title_full_unstemmed Diffuse Intramuscular Lipomatosis of a Lower Limb
title_short Diffuse Intramuscular Lipomatosis of a Lower Limb
title_sort diffuse intramuscular lipomatosis of a lower limb
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2395374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18521234
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13577149878172
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