title: Massive lipoma of the posterior neck.
abstract: Giant lipomas are a rare, benign cause of painless neck mass. We describe the case of a 63-year-old man with a giant lipoma of the left posterior neck, which presented with intermittent upper limb paraesthesia. Surgical excision confirmed the diagnosis of spindle-cell lipoma and resulted in complete resolution of neurological symptoms.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Jagdeep Singh
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Virk
authors.affiliation: UCL Ear Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: Misha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verkerk
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Hasu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Barts and The London NHS Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghufoor
mesh_terms: D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D035583:Rare Diseases; D016896:Treatment Outcome