SC swellings Flashcards
What’s the name of the benign tumor arising from adipose tissue that could occur anywhere in the body except the brain?
LIPOMA
What are the special types of lipoma?
- Neurolipoma: painful
- Dercum’s disease (adiposis dolorosa): tender deposition of fat on the trunk (diffuse lipoma)
- Fibrolipoma: lipoma with fibrous content
- Naevolipoma: lipoma with telangiectasis
- Lipoma arborigens: pedunculated lipoma
What lipoma is most liable to turn into a sarcoma?
retroperitoneal lipoma
A lipoma at what site is LEAST liable to turn malignant?
subcutaneous (most common)
A lipoma in the submucosa of the GI tract will cause?
intassusseption
an extradural lipoma will lead to?
spinal canal compression
What are the clinical features of a lipoma?
- localized swelling
- lobular & non tender
- slippery edge (mobile)
- skin is free
- may be pedunculated (LIPOMA ARBORIGENS)
What are the complications of a lipoma?
- sarcomatous changes: LIPOSARCOMA (retroperitoneum)
- myxomatous change
- calcification
- submucosal lipoma causes intussusception leading to intestinal obstruction
How is a lipoma treated?
- enucleation
- (liposarcoma) wide excision with adjuvant chemotherapy & radiotherapy
What is the classification of cysts according to their wall?
TRUE (epithelial lining)
- abscess
FALSE (not lined by epithelium)
- cystic degeneration of tumor
- hematoma
What are the types of dermoid cysts and what is their lining?
lined by STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM 1- sequestration dermoid cyst 2- implantation dermoid cyst 3- tubulodermoid cyst 4- teratomatous dermoid cyst
What are the sites of the development of a sequestration dermoid cyst?
ALONG LINE OF EMBRYONIC FUSION
- HEAD -> external & internal angular
- > pre & post auricular - NECK & TRUNK: anywhere in midline or in line of fusion
NEVER occurs in LIMBS
What are the clinical features of a sequestration dermoid cyst?
- painless cyst in anatomical sites
- opaque
- not attached to skin
- resorption & indentation of bone beneath
What investigation & treatment should be done for a sequestration dermoid cyst?
- X-ray/CT to confirm any indentation
- surgical excision
What type of cyst will result from minor pricks or trauma? What is their most common site?
IMPLANTATION DERMOID
- epidermis gets buried into deeper subcutaneous which will cause reaction & cyst formation
common in fingers (tailors & gardeners)