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Rapidly enlarging lipoma.

Timea Kosztyuova¹, Tang Ngee Shim¹

¹Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.

BMJ Case Reports

|September 25, 2017

Summary

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A lipoma, a benign fatty tumor, typically grows slowly and rarely causes symptoms. This case highlights a rare instance of a rapidly growing, ulcerated lipoma in an elderly patient.

Keywords:

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Oncology
Dermatology
Pathology

Background:

Lipomas are common, benign subcutaneous tumors composed of adipose tissue.
They typically present as slow-growing, asymptomatic lesions, varying in size from 2 to 10 cm.
Symptomatic treatment is usually reserved for large or problematic lipomas.

Observation:

A case report details a 75-year-old male patient.
The patient presented with a rapidly enlarging and ulcerated mass located on his right upper thigh.
This presentation is atypical for a standard lipoma.

Findings:

The observed mass demonstrated rapid enlargement and ulceration, deviating from the typical slow growth of lipomas.
The location on the right upper thigh was the site of the unusual lesion.
Further diagnostic evaluation would be necessary to confirm the nature of this atypical lipoma.

Implications:

This case underscores the importance of thorough evaluation for rapidly changing or ulcerated subcutaneous masses, even those suspected to be common lipomas.
Atypical presentations necessitate differential diagnosis to rule out other pathologies.
Understanding rare lipoma behaviors can improve clinical suspicion and patient management.