title: Unusual intramuscular lipoma of deltoid muscle.
abstract: Lipomas are common soft tissue tumors usually located under the skin. Nevertheless, intramuscular lipomas of deltoid muscle are unusual tumors. We present a case of 74-year-old woman with an intramuscular like clepsydra lipoma of deltoid muscle. The lesion was a palpable soft mass at the lateral side of the humerus. The patient had no previous history of trauma. The main symptom was pain only in abduction and extension. Imaging, pathological findings and surgical excision are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Stylianos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapetanakis
authors.forename: Jiannis
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Papathanasiou
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dermon
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dimitrakopoulou
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ververidis
authors.forename: Pelagia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chloropoulou
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kazakos
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012782:Shoulder