Abstract

CARRIEDO-RICO, EG  and  GARCIA-MORATO-JORRETO, P. Giant lipoma of the thigh. Case report. Acta ortop. mex [online]. 2017, vol.31, n.5, pp.248-251. ISSN 2306-4102.

Lipoma is a tumor of adipose tissue cells that can develop in any part of the body; We present the case of an 86-year-old woman with a lesion of the left thigh as well as her diagnostic approach, specific surgical treatment and histopathological analysis. Three years after its resection, the function of the lower extremity was preserved.

Keywords : Lipoma; giant; thigh; surgery; diagnosis.

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