Subperiosteal lipoma: A case report

Lipomas are the most common benign mesenchymal tumor. They can occur in var ious locations such as subcutaneous tissue, muscle, nerve, synovium, differ ent periosteal layers, and bone [Diagnosis of bone and joint disorders. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1995. p. 3814, 3947; Skeletal Radiol 27 (1998) 375]. To our knowledge, however, lipomas arising in a subperiosteal locati on have not been described previously. We present a patient with two subper iosteal lipomas of the femur. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights res erved.