[A man with a swelling in the palm of his hand].
A 41-year-old man had a palpable mass on the volar side of his hand. X-ray, ultrasound and MRI showed an inhomogeneous tumour with calcification. Histologic examination ruled out the suspicion of a liposarcoma. The surgeon successfully excised the ossifying lipoma, which is a rare variant of a common lipoma and can clinically and radiologically mimic malignant neoplasms.
Laurentius Ziekenhuis, afd. Chirurgie, Roermond.
Gusta
G
van Zwieten
Jacco  M J
J
van Unen
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery