Open AccessLipomatous lesions around the shoulder: Recent experience in a Nigerian hospital
Author(s) -
Md. Saidur Rahman,
IF Yusuf
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of shoulder surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0973-6042
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6042.50877
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , surgery , subcutaneous fat , lipoma , subcutaneous tissue , physics , adipose tissue , optics
We present four cases of shoulder lipomas in two females and two males in their fourth to fifth decades of life. All four lipomas were big. Three were subcutaneous and one was intermuscular. None of them were associated with any functional limitation of the affected shoulder. Subcutaneous or intermuscular lipomas around the shoulder do not appear to affect shoulder functions. Complete surgical excision is rewarding and was achieved under local anesthesia in all our patients with no incidence of recurrence.