Traumatic pseudolipoma causing facial asymmetry: An uncommon pathology and review of its pathogenesis

We present an uncommon case of traumatic pseudolipoma in a 24-year-old female, causing facial asymmetry. Literature review suggests trauma as a possible etiology for its pathogenesis, which was present in this case. Microscopically, sometimes it is difficult to differentiate between normal adipose t...

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Autores principales: Sah, Kunal, Chandra, Sunira, Kale, Alka, Awasthi, Seema, Rastogi, Priyanka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125647/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731292
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.80012
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Sumario:We present an uncommon case of traumatic pseudolipoma in a 24-year-old female, causing facial asymmetry. Literature review suggests trauma as a possible etiology for its pathogenesis, which was present in this case. Microscopically, sometimes it is difficult to differentiate between normal adipose tissue and lipoma. Clinician must provide accurate clinical information in order to make a definitive diagnosis of traumatic pseudolipoma. Its pathogenesis has also been highlighted in this article.

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