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

• Kim WS
• Jung YH
• Cho NI

• KMID: 1961766
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5292/jkbjts.2013.19.2.97

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

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

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

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

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

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