DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPUTIC CHALLENGE IN LIPOMATA AROUND SHOULDER GIRDLE | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Article 31, Volume 50, Issue 2, August 2020, Page 459-466 PDF (1.19 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2020.113118 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| EISSA ABDEL HAMED IBRAHIM1; YASSER AHMED EL SAYED2 | ||||
| 1Consultant of General Surgery | ||||
| 2Consultant of Thoracic Surgery, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, 11291, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Lipoma is slow growing tumors and often occurs under the skin on the neck, shoulders, arms, back, abdomen and thighs. However, occasionally lipoma may be present in deep location or originate within muscle. Lipoma affected only 1% of population, and commonly found in adults and is higher in man than in women. The most common benign mesenchymal tumors composed of fat cell of adult type, diffused or encapsulated type. Surgical removal is indicated when causing trouble as site, size, appearance and presence of pain. The study was carried on 35 male patients presented by lipoma around shoulder girdle operated in Kobry El-Kobba Military Medical Campus. The patients were divided into four groups, G1:25 patients with primary subcutaneous lipoma, G2: 8 patient with subscapular lipoma, G3: 1 patient with giant submascular left shoulder lipoma, and G4: 1 patient with giant subscapular lipoma “diagnosed before operation” including complete surgical excision was done under general anesthesia in all the patients without any recurrence. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Lipoma; Shoulder girdle; Shoulder joint movement | ||||
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