title: Intramuscular benign lipoma of the temporalis muscle.
abstract: An intramuscular lipoma within the musculature of the head and neck is unusual. Most of them are infiltrating lipomas, and we know of no description of a well-circumscribed lipoma of the temporalis muscle. We present a 64-year-old woman who had a non-pulsatile, soft, mobile mass in the right temporal fossa. The lesion 11 x 8 x 3 cm in size was diagnosed using magnetic resonance imaging, it was resected, and she has recovered well with a good cosmetic result.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saga Medical School, Saga, Japan. uemurat@post.saga-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Tadayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suse
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitsukawa
authors.forename: Atsushige
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D013703:Temporal Muscle; D016896:Treatment Outcome