GIANT BREAST LIPOMA- AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION.

Dr. Deepak G. Udapudi, Dr. Shweta D. Rao, Dr. Keerthen Mahendran

Abstract


Lipomas are benign mesenchymal tumors that develop in areas that are abundant in adipose tissue. Lipomas rarely occur in breasts, hence posing diagnostic uncertainty. We report the case of a 70-year-old female with a giant tumor of the right breast which compromised most of its mass causing breast asymmetry. After surgical resection the diagnosis resulted a benign lipoma. The case prompted this report due to its challenging size location and diagnosis.


Keywords


Giant breast lipoma, USG, Breast neoplasms.

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