Gaint Intramuscular Lipoma of Thigh: A Rare Entity

Dr. J.P.S. SHAKYA; Dr. AVANISH KUMAR SAXENA; DR VARUN KUMAR AGARWAL; DR NITIKA MITTAL; DR MAYANKAGARWAL

Volume : IV, Issue : XII, December - 2014

Gaint Intramuscular Lipoma of Thigh: A Rare Entity

Dr. J. P. S. Shakya, Dr. Avanish Kumar Saxena, Dr Varun Kumar Agarwal, Dr Nitika Mittal, Dr Mayankagarwal

Abstract :

Lipomas are the most common soft tissue tumors with a prevalence rate of 2.1 per 1,000 people1.They are usually located in subcuticular areas; and deep location is very rare as well as the distal and intramuscular locations .We report the case of a 35–year–old man who was referred to our department due to the presence of a large mass growing on the upper thigh of the right leg; over 3 years it had steadily increased in size causing pain while rising from bed and on standing. US of the soft tissues and MRI scanning were performed which suggest it was a giant intramuscular lipoma, the mass was excised anddensitometric values of the mass suggested adipose tissue, which was subsequently confirmed by biopsy