A GIANT BREAST LIPOMA: A RARE CAUSE OF BREAST ASYMMETRY

Abstract

Patients often present to surgeons with breast asymmetry of unknown etiology. Many patients are females in late adolescence and present complaining of a hypoplastic breast on the smaller side. However, the larger breast contains the abnormality.Lipomas of the breast are usually small, benign neoplasms which can be treated by simple excision.Diagnosis of these masses, however, can be difficult because of the normal fatty composition of the breast.Lipomas rarely causes breast asymmetry. We present ultrasonography,mammography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of a giant lipoma which causes asymmetry in 27 year old woman.

Keywords

• giant lipoma
• benign breast tumors
• mamography