[Lipoma of the forehead].
OBJECTIVE
Lipomas should be included in the differential diagnosis of tumors located on the forehead. They require a different operative plan.


METHODS
Lipomas of the forehead were extirpated in ten patients. Dermatohistopathologic investigations confirmed the diagnosis lipoma in each case and exactly identified the anatomic layers surrounding the tumor.


RESULTS
Histologic investigations revealed the localization of the lipoma in the submuscular layer in eight patients and in the subgaleal layer in two patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Lipomas of the forehead should be differentiated into submuscular and subgaleal lipomas depending on the exact anatomic localization below the frontalis muscle or underneath the galea aponeurotica. This classification is simple and aids in operative planning.
Wörle
B
B
Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Allergologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Kunte
C
C
Schaller
M
M
Konz
B
B
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery