A case of lipoma of lateral anterior neck treated with surgical enucleation

• Main Authors: Francesco Grecchi (Author), Ilaria Zollino (Author), Valentina Candotto (Author), Francesco Gallo (Author), Giuseppe Rubino (Author), Raffaella Bianchi (Author), Francesco Carinci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Lipoma arise in almost 50% of all soft tumours. The neck lipomas are rare tumours that may present as painless masses with slow growth, in the lateral portions of the neck. Some lipomas, such as the one studied in our case, grow deep in the subcutaneous tissue, in close contact with muscles. Here, w...