Giant axillary lipoma — A rare case report with review of literature

Pattanayak, Sibaprashad; Pramanik, Subrata

doi:10.1007/s13126-014-0164-3

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“…Their existence in axillary region is rare. Giant lipoma in adults are 10*10 cm in diameter [3]. Whereas we did not find any definitive size for description of giant lipoma in children, but this size is much smaller than adults.…”

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“…The most common type of mesenchymal tumor in the body is lipoma. The mucogingival junction of the buccal cavity, palmar region, finger, rectum, intraosseous, axilla are rare sites for presentation of lipoma [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. The most common site for location of lipoma is shoulder and back of trunk, and the second common site is head and neck [5].…”

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“…We must consider malignancy in differential diagnosis when large axillary lipoma is seen in clinical evaluation and this diagnosis must be confirmed by pathologic evaluation. The surgical management of lipoma is complete excision because of its well-defined pseudo capsule [3]. Giant axillary lipoma is a challenging problem in surgical management.…”

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“…Their existence in axillary region is rare. Giant lipoma in adults are 10*10 cm in diameter [3]. Lipomas are originated from mesenchymal fibrofatty tissue.…”

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Rare Presentation of Huge Lipoma in the Right Axillary Region in a 10 Months’ Infant

Bahar¹,

Merisa²

2020

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Lipomas are common benign soft tissue tumors which can be seen in many parts of the body, but they are uncommon in axillary region. Axilla is a rare region for lipoma. although lipoma is the most common benign mesenchymal tumor, its location in some regions are uncommon [1]. Moreover, huge and giant lipoma are uncommon. Therefore, axillary giant cell lipoma is rare presentation [2]. Lipomas are seen in subcutaneous tissue of extremities, trunk and neck commonly. Their existence in axillary region is rare. Giant lipoma in adults are 10*10 cm in diameter [3]. Lipomas are originated from mesenchymal fibrofatty tissue. Their usual presentations are soft mass without tenderness which grows slowly [4]. The most common site for location of lipoma is shoulder and back of trunk, and the second common site is head and neck [5]. Lipoma can be seen in GI tract, especially in the colonic wall [6]. Intra osseous primary lipoma is as rare as 0.1% of bone tumors. The most age of such tumor’ s presentation is in 4th decades of life. They are 70% located in the lower extremity [7]. In this case presentation we reported a ten months’ boy who was referred in our hospital due to a large and fast-growing soft tissue mass in his axilla. His arm was in 45-degree angle with the chest wall in upright position of the baby due to the huge mass. The patient was normal in physical examination except a huge and firm mass in right axilla. He had no history of any underlying disease. We found no history of such condition in his family members. Surgical excision of mass was done successfully, and Pathologic findings were mature adipose tissue compatible with lipoma.

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“…Their existence in axillary region is rare. Giant lipoma in adults are 10*10 cm in diameter [3]. Lipomas are originated from mesenchymal fibrofatty tissue.…”

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Rare Presentation of Huge Lipoma in the Right Axillary Region in a 10 Months’ Infant

Bahar¹,

Merisa²

2020

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“…Lipomas are benign tumors of mature adipose tissue originating from subcutaneous tissue or internal organs. 1 A total of 10 patients with axillary giant lipoma has been reported in the relevant literature [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] (Table 1). However, none of them showed spontaneous perforation.…”

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Axillary giant lipoma opening to the skin surface: A unique presentation mimicking accessory breast

Kilitçi

Elmas

Demirbaş

et al. 2021

Dermatologic Therapy

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A 78-year-old female presented with a slowly growing mass on the left axillary region. Physical examination showed a painless giant mass 11 × 8.5 cm in diameter, protruding from the left axillary region. Her past medical history included significant overweight, cerebrovascular stroke, goiter, and hypertension. The patient was bedridden for 5 years due to cerebrovascular stroke. She had no history of surgery or trauma to the left axillary region. Physical examination showed an F I G U R E 1 A giant axillary mass with spontaneous rupture 11 × 8.5 cm in diameter, protruding from the left axillary region (A). Gross examination of the excision specimen showed an encapsulated yellow fatty tissue partially opened to the skin surface (B). H&E sections of the overlying skin showed epidermal atrophy, degenerated collagen fibers, numerous dermal dilated vascular structures and mixed inflammatory infiltration (C). H&E sections of the mass revealed mature benign adipose tissue (D)

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