Giant Lipoma of Posterior Cervical Region

Lipomas are the slow growing soft tissue tumors of benign nature. They commonly grow on torso and extremities but may also develop in head and neck region. Rarely lipomas can grow to acquire gigantic proportions, turning into an entity termed as giant lipoma. Such lipomas are entitled to immediate a...

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Autores principales: Singh, Mahendra, Saxena, Ashish, Kumar, Lovekesh, Karande, Snehal K., Kolhe, Yuvraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25349767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/289383
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author Singh, Mahendra
Saxena, Ashish
Kumar, Lovekesh
Karande, Snehal K.
Kolhe, Yuvraj
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description Lipomas are the slow growing soft tissue tumors of benign nature. They commonly grow on torso and extremities but may also develop in head and neck region. Rarely lipomas can grow to acquire gigantic proportions, turning into an entity termed as giant lipoma. Such lipomas are entitled to immediate attention as they have a relatively high malignant potential. We report a rare case of giant cervical lipoma in an elderly gentleman, followed by a brief discussion on diagnosis and management of the disorder.
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spelling pubmed-42022412014-10-27 Giant Lipoma of Posterior Cervical Region Singh, Mahendra Saxena, Ashish Kumar, Lovekesh Karande, Snehal K. Kolhe, Yuvraj Case Rep Surg Case Report Lipomas are the slow growing soft tissue tumors of benign nature. They commonly grow on torso and extremities but may also develop in head and neck region. Rarely lipomas can grow to acquire gigantic proportions, turning into an entity termed as giant lipoma. Such lipomas are entitled to immediate attention as they have a relatively high malignant potential. We report a rare case of giant cervical lipoma in an elderly gentleman, followed by a brief discussion on diagnosis and management of the disorder. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC4202241/ /pubmed/25349767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/289383 Text en Copyright © 2014 Mahendra Singh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ 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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Giant Lipoma of Posterior Cervical Region
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4202241/
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