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Gaint Axillary Lipoma Following Excision

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Lipomas are benign tumors and are most common mesenchymal soft tissue tumors, composed of mature lipocytes. Frequent site are trunk and extremities. Axilla is an uncommon site of lipoma while giant axillary lipomas are rare. We report a case of recurrence of small axillary lipoma into giant axillary lipoma following excision.

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  1. Government Medical College and Hospital, Bakshi nagar jammu, Jammu University, 180001, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Mudasir Bashir, Imtiyaz Ahmad Zaki & Manoj Kumar Mahajan

  2. Batamaloo near byepass, Srinagar Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Mudasir Bashir

  3. New colony sopore, 193201, Distt: Baramulla Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Imtiyaz Ahmad Zaki

  4. House no: 196 sector:1 shivaji chowk, Nanak nagar jammu, 180004, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Manoj Kumar Mahajan

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Bashir, M., Zaki, I.A. & Mahajan, M.K. Gaint Axillary Lipoma Following Excision. Indian J Surg 75 (Suppl 1), 158–159 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-012-0561-1

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