Sonographic findings of a large vulvar lipoma. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Lipomas of the vulva are rare benign tumors that consist of mature fat cells often interspersed with strands of fibrous connective tissue. They arise from the vulvar fatty pads and present as soft, multilobulated subcutaneous neoplasms. Histological examination reveals a thin capsule surrounding a lobular proliferation of lipocytes. Liposarcomas of the vulva have been described rarely. We present the sonographic findings of a large lipoma of the vulva, and demonstrate the contribution of topical application of a high-frequency transvaginal transducer in depicting lobular structural features, characteristic of this soft tissue tumor.

publication date

  • October 1, 2007

Research

keywords

  • Lipoma
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms
  • Vulvar Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 35348958891

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/uog.5130

PubMed ID

  • 17763338

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 30

issue

  • 5