Journal of Clinical Cases

Surgical Resection Of A Giant Intramuscular Lipoma Of Thoracic Muscle: A Case Report And Literature Review

Ziyu Zhu and Hengxin Liu

Department
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Corresponding Author: Hengxin Liu

Introduction

Lipomas are the most common benign tumors which can be categorized into superficial lipomas, deep lipomas, intramuscular and intermuscular lipomas according to the location of the mass. Although lipomas are relatively common, intermuscular lipomas are rare, representing only 0.3 % of all lipomas [1]. In this article, we present a rare case of a giant intermuscular lipoma (IL) between the major and minor pectoral muscles.