Which one is the most accurate naming convention: cutaneous lipofibroma or pedunculated lipofibroma?

Dermatol Reports

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Published: September 2023

This is a case of a large pedunculated lipofibroma on the left axilla in a 36-year-old woman. The lesion was excised completely with no recurrence after one year of follow-up. A new name for this rare entity is proposed to be more inclusive of all lesions of pedunculated lipofibroma and to differentiate it from another entity called fibrolipoma.

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