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Fiber Type and Subcellular-Specific Analysis of Lipid Droplet Content in Skeletal Muscle
Published on: June 8, 2022
Unusual intramuscular lipoma of deltoid muscle
Stylianos Kapetanakis1, Jiannis Papathanasiou, Antonios Dermon
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Abstract:
Lipomas are common soft tissue tumors usually located under the skin. Nevertheless, intramuscular lipomas of deltoid muscle are unusual tumors. We present a case of 74-year-old woman with an intramuscular like clepsydra lipoma of deltoid muscle. The lesion was a palpable soft mass at the lateral side of the humerus. The patient had no previous history of trauma. The main symptom was pain only in abduction and extension. Imaging, pathological findings and surgical excision are discussed.
