Infiltrating (intramuscular) lipomas and angiolipomas. A clinicopathologic study of six cases
| Autor: | E. E. Lack, R. M. Austin, Courtney Townsend, G. R. Mack |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Local excision Radiography Soft Tissue Neoplasms Gross examination Muscular Diseases medicine Infiltrating Lipoma Humans Aged Tumor size business.industry Intramuscular Lipoma Soft tissue Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Female Sarcoma Lipoma business Hemangioma Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Archives of surgery (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 115(3) |
| ISSN: | 0004-0010 |
| Popis: | • Infiltrating (intramuscular) lipomas and angiolipomas are benign mesenchymal tumors that usually appear as a deep, nontender mass within soft tissue, particularly in the extremities. The average tumor size in six cases studied was 11.2 cm (range, 2.0 to 22.0 cm). On gross examination, these tumors are circumscribed but unencapsulated, with infiltration of adjacent skeletal muscle. The correct preoperative diagnosis is seldom made, and the characteristic infiltrating pattern seen microscopically can lead to a mistaken diagnosis of sarcoma. Soft-tissue roentgenograms can be helpful in diagnosis and localization. The recommended mode of therapy is complete local excision with tumorfree soft-tissue margins. None of the six patients described here have experienced recurrence of tumor an average of two years after surgical resection. Prolonged follow-up is recommended, however, since inadequate resection can result in late tumor recurrence. (Arch Surg115:281-284, 1980) |
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