Giant lipoma of the third finger of the hand.

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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, General Hospital of Mexico, Eje 2A Sur (Dr. Balmis) 148 Doctores, Cuauhtémoc México City, 0672 Mexico.

Published: December 2013

We report a case of a 50-year old female presenting with a giant tumor on the volar aspect of the third finger of the left hand, a thorough clinical and paraclinical evaluation followed by surgical resection resulted in a benign lipoma with an uneventful postoperative course. We present this case due to its rare location and repercussion in the decision making process when other more common similar pathologies with varying prognosis are conceived.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647096PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-164DOI Listing

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