title: Of fat and fascia: clinical conundrum corner.
abstract: A case report involving a 76-year-old male is presented. The signs and symptoms represent a difficult diagnostic problem. The physical signs are dependent on a knowledge of the distribution of fat and fascia in the region involved. The importance of this distribution, both physiologic and pathologic, is the subject of a brief commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, New York.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ger
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005205:Fascia / Q000473:pathology*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000209:etiology