Dermatology Reports (Sep 2011)

The appearance of angiolipomatosis after using laptop computer on the thighs: a relationship?

  • Marie Caucanas,
  • Gebhard Müller,
  • Olivier Vanhooteghem

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e22
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. e22 – e22

Abstract

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A 56-year-old patient developed angiolipomatosis of the anterior part of the thighs after repeated laptop contact localisation. Histological findings exhibit an unusual inflammatory infiltrate. We postulate that the computer could favour lipoma development by a physiopathological mechanism that remains to be clarified.

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