Giant femoral lipoma causing venous obstructing syndrome – case report
Journal Title: New Medicine - Year 2013, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
Lipoma is the most common benign neoplasm in the human body which develops from the adipose tissue. This tumors arise in subcutaneous tissues rather than deeper tissues where rare may cause compressive of some vein. The authors reported the case of femoral venous obstruction syndrome due to a giant femoral lipoma.
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Konrad Wroński, Andrzej Lachowski
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