Giant Lipoma In Front Of Neck Presenting As Thyroid Neoplasm - A Rare Case

Authors

  • Rajesh Gaur Department of Pathology, G R Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • RL Sharma Department of Pathology, G R Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • S Rai Department of Pathology, G R Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • D Jain Department of Pathology, G R Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Giant lipoma, Head and neck, Lesions in neck, Lipoma

Abstract

Lipoma is the most common benign soft tissue mesenchymal tumor of adipose tissue. Their occurance in head and neck is relatively rare and is most frequently located in posterior subcutaneous neck region. In this article we report the giant mass in front of neck in 65 year old woman measuring 32cm x 30cm which was increasing slowly since 18 years causing pressure symptoms like dysphagia, dyspnea. It was clinically diagnosed as thyroid neoplasm and confirmed by histopathological examination.

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Published

2015-03-31

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Gaur, R., Sharma , R., Rai , S., & Jain , D. (2015). Giant Lipoma In Front Of Neck Presenting As Thyroid Neoplasm - A Rare Case. International Journal of Medical Science Research and Practice, 2(1), 41–43. Retrieved from https://ijmsrp.isroset.org/index.php/j/article/view/34

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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2015): Volume-2, Issue-1 March 2015

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Case Report

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