Intramuscular lipoma of the lower limb. Long-term follow-up after local resection

摘要: We report 12 patients with infiltrating muscular lipomas of the lower limbs all treated by wide resection. During follow-up averaging seven years, tumour recurred in five patients. Our results and those reported others suggest that, order to avoid recurrence, this tumour, although benign, should be total excision muscle or compartmental Hormonal imbalance was suspected 9 but an oestrogen receptor analysis histological samples proved negative.