Traumatic Lipomas/Pseudolipomas
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health
- Vol. 22 (1) , 63-65
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005373-198201000-00013
Abstract
The occurrence of lipomas following trauma is reported in 3 patients with a review of the literature including 36 additional cases. This condition is usually related to massive trauma in the hip, buttock and thigh area that is most frequently secondary to a motor vehicle accident. It is most common in the female and may be attributed to the characteristic hip, buttock, thigh fat deposition of the female. The tumor usually follows heavy bruising and/or hematoma of the region and is clinically noticeable .apprx. 6 mo. thereafter. Initial treatment is preventive by drainage of the hematoma and compression of the site. Late treatment is surgical excision of the tumor.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: