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DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1241189
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Intramuscular Infiltrating Lipoma of the Longus Colli Muscle. A very rare cause of Neck Structures Compression
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Publikationsdatum:
31. März 2010 (online)
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Introduction
Lipomas are the most common benign soft tissue mesenchymal tumors. They are usually located in the subcutaneous layer without infiltrating adjacent tissues [12]. Infiltrating lipomas, by contrast, are uncommon entities that characteristically infiltrate skeletal muscles with a propensity for local recurrence if they are incompletely excised [1]. These infiltrating lesions can be subclassified into intermuscular and intramuscular lipomas [5] [11] [12]. We describe the case of a large intramuscular lipoma of the right longus colli muscle located at the level of C2-C5. Although other reports of retropharyngeal space lipomas exist [7] [13] [18] [20] [24], ours seems to be the first case of a longus colli intramuscular lipoma described in the English literature since 1988 [7].
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Dr. A. Pichierri
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