creators_name: Kamath, Jagannath creators_name: Kamath, Ramachandra creators_name: Bhardwaj, Praveen creators_name: -, Shridhar creators_name: Sharma, Chetna creators_id: Kamath BJ creators_id: Kamath KR creators_id: Bhardwaj P creators_id: Shridhar creators_id: Sharma C editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_name: Baliga, Shatharam editors_id: Kakkilaya BS editors_id: Baliga BS type: journale datestamp: 2006-07-16 lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:32 metadata_visibility: show title: A Giant Lipoma In The Hand - Report Of A Rare Case ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Lipoma; Giant tumor; Deep palmar space; Surgical excision abstract: A 38 years old male patient presented with a large painless swelling in the right palm with ultrasound examination suggestive of fatty nature of the swelling MRI showing a well-circumscribed soft tissue swelling in the deep palmar space. The giant tumor of 6.5 X 4 cm was excised and the patient was symptom free two years following the surgery. date: 2006-07 date_type: published publication: Online Journal Of Health And Allied Sciences volume: 5 number: 1 publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Phalen GS, Kendrick JL, Rodriguez JM. Lipoma of the upper extremity: A series of fifteen tumors in the hand and wrist and six tumors causing nerve compression. Am J Surg. 1971;121:298-306. 2. Barrile NM. Gran lipoma palmar subaponeurotico. Presna Med Argent. 1958;45:318-320. 3. Oster LH, William FB, Curtis MS. Large lipomas in the deep palmar space. J Hand Surg. 1989;14A:700-704. 4. Cribb GL, Cool WP, Ford DJ et al. Giant lipomatous tumors of the hand and forearm. J Hand Surg. 2005;30B:509-512. 5. Schmitz RL, Kelley JL. Lipoma of the hand. Surgery 1957;42:696-700. 6. McEnery ET, Schmitz RL, Nelson PA. Palmar lipoma: Report of a case. AMA Arch Surg. 1959;699-700. 7. Hueston JT. Massive lipoma of the hand. Aust NZ J Surg. 1965;34:19-21. 8. Booher RJ. Lipoblastic tumors of the hands and feet: Review of literature and report of thirty-three cases. J Bone Joint Surg. 1965;47A:727-40. 9. Paarlberg D, Linscheid RL, Soule EH. Lipoma of the hand. Mayo Clin Proc. 1972;47:121-124. 10. Leffert RD. Lipomas of the upper extremity. J Bone Joint Surg. 1972;54A:1262-1266. 11. Mason ML. Tumors of hand. Surg Gynec Obstet. 1937;64:129-135. 12. Brand MG, Gelberman RH. Lipoma of the flexor digitorum superficialis causing triggering at the carpal canal and median nerve compression. J Hand Surg. 1988;13A:342-44. 13. Johnson CJ, Pynsent PB, Grimer RJ. Clinical features of soft tissue sarcomas. Ann Roy Coll Surg Eng. 2001;83:203-205. citation: Kamath B, Dr. Jagannath and Kamath K, Dr. Ramachandra and Bhardwaj, Dr. Praveen and -, Dr. Shridhar and Sharma, Dr. Chetna (2006) A Giant Lipoma In The Hand - Report Of A Rare Case. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/5004/1/2006-1-6.pdf