Giant cervical lipoma invading carotid artery: a case report.
Lipomas are one of the most frequently encountered benign tumors in any location. There is limited information about head and neck lipomas in the litetature and most data is in the form of case reports. Lipomas can rarely reach gigantic sizes and can invade surrounding tissues, especially skeletal muscles, and in this case they are called infiltrating lipomas. In this manuscript we report a case of cervical giant lipoma surrounding and infiltrating the common carotid artery which was treated by grafting carotid artery, and our diagnostic work-up and treatment procedure are discussed in the light of the literature.
Department of Otolaryngology, Medicine Faculty of Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey. atderin@akdeniz.edu.tr
Alper Tunga
AT
Derin
Kenan
K
Güney
Murat
M
Turhan
Abdullah
A
Erdoğan
Bülent Veli
BV
Ağirdir
D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016896:Treatment Outcome