title: A rare case of dumb-bell lipoma of the sole.
abstract: A rare case of dumb-bell shaped lipoma of sole of foot in a middle aged lady which had crippled her life for almost a decade in-spite of multiple surgeries. She was initially misdiagnosed to have a corn on her sole and had undergone 3 surgeries spanning about 5 years. Due to the big size of the soft tissue swelling an MRI was done which showed a dumb-bell shaped swelling of foot. A major portion of swelling was lying deep to the plantar fascia after breaching the fascia. She underwent an excision of the swelling and is free of any recurrence after 2 years. She is now able to walk with a normal gait.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Columbiaasia Hospital, 67, 14th Cross, 1st Block, R.T. Nagar, Bangalore 560032, India. drchetansatish5@gmail.com
authors.forename: Chetan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Satish
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness