Giant fibrolipoma with osseous metaplasia on the thigh

Şimşek T., Sonmez A., Aydogdu I. O., Eroğlu L., Karagöz F.

JOURNAL OF PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY, cilt.64, sa.5, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 64 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.bjps.2010.12.009
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Giant fibrolipoma, Benign mesenchymoma, Thigh, Osseous metaplasia, Pedunculated, Fibrolipoma, LIPOMAS
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Fibrolipomas are characterised by fat lobules embedded in perivascular oval fibrocytes and thick bundles of collagen. Actively growing superficial fibrolipomas rarely display a pedunculated protrusion and, thus, cosmetic and functional problems are uncommon. We present an exceptional case. While trauma and ischaemia can lead to fibrosis and dystrophic calcification in fibrolipomas as late sequelae, osseous and cartilaginous metaplasia can infrequently manifest after a long, chronic persistence. Further, depending on the chronic irritation, ulcerated wounds may develop on the surface, and these can be clinically confused with malignancy.