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Vulvar lipomas in children: an analysis of 7 cases
| Title: | Vulvar lipomas in children: an analysis of 7 cases |
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| Authors: | Seok Joo Han, Myung Joon Kim, Jung Tak Oh, Sung Gui Ahn, Woo Ick Yang, Seung Hoon Choi |
| Contributors: | Jung-Tak Oh, Seung Hoon Choi, Sung Gui Ahn, Myung Joon Kim, Woo Ick Yang, Seok Joo Han, Kim, Myung Joon, Han, Seok Joo, Yang, Woo Ick, Oh, Jung Tak, Choi, Seung Hoon |
| Source: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 44:1920-1923 |
| Publisher Information: | Elsevier BV, 2009. |
| Publication Year: | 2009 |
| Subject Terms: | Lipoma/surgery, Hernia, Lipoma/diagnosis, Inguinal/diagnosis, Ultrasonography/statistics & numerical data, Hernia, Inguinal, Soft Tissue Neoplasms, Functional Laterality, Soft Tissue Neoplasms/pathology, Vulva, Magnetic Resonance Imaging/statistics & numerical data, Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Lipoma/pathology, Diagnosis, Humans, Child, Soft Tissue Neoplasms/diagnosis, Tomography, X-Ray Computed/statistics & numerical data, Children, Retrospective Studies, Ultrasonography, Vulvar Neoplasms/pathology, Korea/epidemiology, Korea, Vulvar Neoplasms, Age Factors, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Vulvar Neoplasms/diagnosis, 3. Good health, Treatment Outcome, Vulvar Neoplasms/surgery, Differential, Soft Tissue Neoplasms/surgery, Female, Lipoma, Tomography, X-Ray Computed |
| Description: | Vulvar lipomas are a type of rare benign soft tissue tumor. This study describes 7 cases of vulvar lipomas in children, and it evaluates the clinical characteristics of this disease.We performed a retrospective review of pediatric patients at our institution who were diagnosed with vulvar lipomas between January 1998 and December 2007.Seven girls who were between the ages of 7 and 11 years were included in the study. In 6 cases, the lipomas were located on the right side of the vulva. In 4 of those 6 cases, the lipomas were found on the right anterolateral side. Five cases had gross swelling of the vulva with a poorly demarcated mass, but 2 cases had a well-demarcated or pedunculated mass. The initial tentative diagnoses made before imaging studies were right inguinal hernia in 4 cases and Bartholin's cyst in 2 cases. Preoperative imaging studies of ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging showed lipomatous characteristics of these tumors. All cases underwent surgical excision. Subsequent histopathologic examination demonstrated lipomas in each case.Vulvar lipomas in children tend to occur on the right side, especially the right anterolateral side. It is necessary to differentiate this tumor from an inguinal hernia. Radiologic studies such as ultrasonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging are useful for making the proper diagnosis. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 0022-3468 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.063 |
| Access URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19853747 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19853747 https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/105187 http://www.biliaryatresia.org/papers/Vulvar%20lipomas%20in%20children-an%20analysis%20of%207%20cases.pdf https://europepmc.org/article/MED/19853747 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19853747/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022346809001985 |
| Rights: | Elsevier TDM CC BY NC ND |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e4505fa8635311b3c78b35b0fedeba46 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 00223468 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.02.063 |