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A case of lipoma of lateral anterior neck treated with surgical enucleation

Lipoma arise in almost 50% of all soft tumours. The neck lipomas are rare tumours that may present as painless masses with slow growth, in the lateral portions of the neck. Some lipomas, such as the one studied in our case, grow deep in the subcutaneous tissue, in close contact with muscles. Here, w...

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Autores principales: Grecchi, Francesco, Zollino, Ilaria, Candotto, Valentina, Gallo, Francesco, Rubino, Giuseppe, Bianchi, Raffaella, Carinci, Francesco
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3692179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23814589
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1735-3327.109764
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author Grecchi, Francesco
Zollino, Ilaria
Candotto, Valentina
Gallo, Francesco
Rubino, Giuseppe
Bianchi, Raffaella
Carinci, Francesco
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description Lipoma arise in almost 50% of all soft tumours. The neck lipomas are rare tumours that may present as painless masses with slow growth, in the lateral portions of the neck. Some lipomas, such as the one studied in our case, grow deep in the subcutaneous tissue, in close contact with muscles. Here, we report a case of lipoma extending from pre-tragal region up to the ascending branch of the mandible in a 62 year old man, treated with enucleation. The inferior margin of lipoma involved the pharyngeal and the superior margin was achieved by the top of the skull base. The mass of lipoma caused breathing difficulties in the patient, preventing regular sleep. No complication was recorded in the post-operative period and no further surgery was performed. The complete resolution after one year's follow-up, together with the rarity of the anatomical site, makes this case worthy of description. A correct diagnosis facilitated removal of this lesion with a surgical method.
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spelling pubmed-36921792013-06-28 A case of lipoma of lateral anterior neck treated with surgical enucleation Grecchi, Francesco Zollino, Ilaria Candotto, Valentina Gallo, Francesco Rubino, Giuseppe Bianchi, Raffaella Carinci, Francesco Dent Res J (Isfahan) Case Report Lipoma arise in almost 50% of all soft tumours. The neck lipomas are rare tumours that may present as painless masses with slow growth, in the lateral portions of the neck. Some lipomas, such as the one studied in our case, grow deep in the subcutaneous tissue, in close contact with muscles. Here, we report a case of lipoma extending from pre-tragal region up to the ascending branch of the mandible in a 62 year old man, treated with enucleation. The inferior margin of lipoma involved the pharyngeal and the superior margin was achieved by the top of the skull base. The mass of lipoma caused breathing difficulties in the patient, preventing regular sleep. No complication was recorded in the post-operative period and no further surgery was performed. The complete resolution after one year's follow-up, together with the rarity of the anatomical site, makes this case worthy of description. A correct diagnosis facilitated removal of this lesion with a surgical method. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3692179/ /pubmed/23814589 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1735-3327.109764 Text en Copyright: © Dental Research Journal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Grecchi, Francesco
Zollino, Ilaria
Candotto, Valentina
Gallo, Francesco
Rubino, Giuseppe
Bianchi, Raffaella
Carinci, Francesco
A case of lipoma of lateral anterior neck treated with surgical enucleation
title A case of lipoma of lateral anterior neck treated with surgical enucleation
title_full A case of lipoma of lateral anterior neck treated with surgical enucleation
title_fullStr A case of lipoma of lateral anterior neck treated with surgical enucleation
title_full_unstemmed A case of lipoma of lateral anterior neck treated with surgical enucleation
title_short A case of lipoma of lateral anterior neck treated with surgical enucleation
title_sort case of lipoma of lateral anterior neck treated with surgical enucleation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3692179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23814589
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1735-3327.109764
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