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Giant Suspensory Lipoma with Calcification
Author(s) -
Kinoshita Ryoko,
Yasuda Hiroshi,
Yamamoto Osamu,
Tokura Yoshiki
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2004.tb00523.x
Subject(s) - lipoma , calcification , medicine , anatomy , radiology
A seventy‐four‐year‐old woman presented with a giant lipoma suspended from her left upper arm. The surgically removed tumor weighed 2,600 g and included calcified areas in its periphery. Our histologic observations suggested that the calcification was generated in association with degenerated fat.