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Infiltrating lipoma: A cause of monomelic hypertrophy
Author(s) -
Fetell Michael R.,
Duffy Philip E.,
Rowland Lewis P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880010111
Subject(s) - confusion , medicine , muscle hypertrophy , lipoma , muscle biopsy , biopsy , pathology , anatomy , radiology , psychology , psychoanalysis
Muscle biopsy and computerized tomography indicated that unilateral enlargement of the gastrocnemius muscle in a 12‐year‐old girl was the result of an infiltrating lipoma. This rare condition may cause diagnostic confusion before EMG and muscle biopsy studies are performed, but it can be readily distinguished from other causes of unilateral muscle enlargement using these methods.