--- abstract: A 38 years old male patient presented with a large painless swelling in the right palm with ultrasound examination suggestive of fatty nature of the swelling MRI showing a well-circumscribed soft tissue swelling in the deep palmar space. The giant tumor of 6.5 X 4 cm was excised and the patient was symptom free two years following the surgery. altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue17/2006-1-6.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - Kamath BJ - Kamath KR - Bhardwaj P - Shridhar - Sharma C creators_name: - family: Kamath given: Jagannath honourific: Dr. lineage: B - family: Kamath given: Ramachandra honourific: Dr. lineage: K - family: Bhardwaj given: Praveen honourific: Dr. lineage: '' - family: - given: Shridhar honourific: Dr. lineage: '' - family: Sharma given: Chetna honourific: Dr. lineage: '' date: 2006-07 date_type: published datestamp: 2006-07-16 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/50/04 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: ~ edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS - Baliga BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr. lineage: Bevinje - family: Baliga given: Shatharam honourific: Dr. lineage: B eprint_status: archive eprintid: 5004 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/5004/1/2006%2D1%2D6.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Lipoma; Giant tumor; Deep palmar space; Surgical excision lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:56:32 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 1 pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal Of Health And Allied Sciences publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: |- 1. Phalen GS, Kendrick JL, Rodriguez JM. Lipoma of the upper extremity: A series of fifteen tumors in the hand and wrist and six tumors causing nerve compression. Am J Surg. 1971;121:298-306. 2. Barrile NM. Gran lipoma palmar subaponeurotico. Presna Med Argent. 1958;45:318-320. 3. Oster LH, William FB, Curtis MS. Large lipomas in the deep palmar space. J Hand Surg. 1989;14A:700-704. 4. Cribb GL, Cool WP, Ford DJ et al. Giant lipomatous tumors of the hand and forearm. J Hand Surg. 2005;30B:509-512. 5. Schmitz RL, Kelley JL. Lipoma of the hand. Surgery 1957;42:696-700. 6. McEnery ET, Schmitz RL, Nelson PA. Palmar lipoma: Report of a case. AMA Arch Surg. 1959;699-700. 7. Hueston JT. Massive lipoma of the hand. Aust NZ J Surg. 1965;34:19-21. 8. Booher RJ. Lipoblastic tumors of the hands and feet: Review of literature and report of thirty-three cases. J Bone Joint Surg. 1965;47A:727-40. 9. Paarlberg D, Linscheid RL, Soule EH. Lipoma of the hand. Mayo Clin Proc. 1972;47:121-124. 10. Leffert RD. Lipomas of the upper extremity. J Bone Joint Surg. 1972;54A:1262-1266. 11. Mason ML. Tumors of hand. Surg Gynec Obstet. 1937;64:129-135. 12. Brand MG, Gelberman RH. Lipoma of the flexor digitorum superficialis causing triggering at the carpal canal and median nerve compression. J Hand Surg. 1988;13A:342-44. 13. Johnson CJ, Pynsent PB, Grimer RJ. Clinical features of soft tissue sarcomas. Ann Roy Coll Surg Eng. 2001;83:203-205. relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 12 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2007-09-12 17:06:07 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'A Giant Lipoma In The Hand - Report Of A Rare Case' type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 5