title: A massive fibrolipoma in the temple.
abstract: We treated a 54-year-old man who presented with a massive mass on his temple. The mass was excised completely and sent to a pathologist. Histopathologic analysis indicated that the mass was a fibrolipoma.Fibrolipoma is a rare subtype of lipoma, and no report of a massive fibrolipoma of the temple has been reported previously. In this study, we provide detailed information and discuss the differential diagnosis of a very large facial mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Andong Hospital, Andong, Korea. bjkim79@gmail.com
authors.forename: Byung Jun
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chang Sik
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000473:pathology; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005205:Fascia / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D013703:Temporal Muscle / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen