title: [Infiltrating lipomas of the face. Reporting five clinical cases].
abstract: Lipomas are benign tumors situated preferably on shallow areas of members and trunk, although they can be detected also on head and neck. Infiltrative lipomas subfasciae (intramuscular or intermuscular) are on the contrary rarities. Differential diagnosis with liposarcoma is important because both growths share the preferential those sites. Diagnosis rest upon clinical findings, biopsy with FNA, rounded off with TAC, MRI or ultrasounds, according to the lesion's site. Treatment of choice is surgical exeresis. We report 5 cases of infiltrative lipomas and analyze the diagnostic procedures and the treatment followed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Escuela de Medicina y Cirugía Federico II, Universidad de Nápoles, Nápoles, Italia.
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Califano
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maremonti
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arias Gallo
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zupi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Lipomas faciales infiltrantes. Descripción de cinco casos clínicos.