Cover Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association
ISSN:
8750-7315
  • 1

    Murphey MD, Carroll JF, Flemming DJ, et al: From the archives of the AFIP: benign musculoskeletal lipomatous lesions. RadioGraphics 24: 1433, 2004.

  • 2

    El Khatib K, Lakouichmi M, Abouchadi A, et al: Plantar forefoot lipoma: an uncommon case report. Ann Chir Plast Esthet 54: 71, 2009.

    • Crossref
    • PubMed
    • Web of Science
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 3

    Pontious J, Zielaskowski LA, King G: Extensive lipoma of the sole. JAPMA 93: 402, 2003.

  • 4

    Paunipagar BK, Griffith JF, Rasalkar DD, et al: Ultrasound features of deep-seated lipomas. Insights Imaging 1: 149, 2010.

  • 5

    Kinoshita R, Yasuda H, Yamamoto O, et al: Giant suspensory lipoma with calcification. J Dermatol 31: 133, 2004.

  • 6

    Bancroft LW, Kransdorf MJ, Peterson JJ, et al: Benign fatty tumors: classification, clinical course, imaging appearance, and treatment. Skeletal Radiol 35: 719, 2006.

    • Crossref
    • PubMed
    • Search Google Scholar
    • Export Citation
  • 7

    Kransdorf MJ, Bancroft LW, Peterson JJ, et al: Imaging of fatty tumors: distinction of lipoma and well-differentiated liposarcoma. Radiology 224: 99, 2002.

  • 8

    Kuwano Y, Ishizaki K, Watanabe R, et al: Efficacy of diagnostic ultrasonography of lipomas, epidermal cysts, and ganglions. Arch Dermatol 145: 761, 2009.

  • 9

    Simon MA, Finn HA: Diagnostic strategy for bone and soft-tissue tumors. J Bone Joint Surg Am 75: 622, 1993.

Article Type:
Clinically Speaking
Online Publication Date:
Jul 2015

A Calcified Lipoma of the Foot in a 100-Year-Old Italian Woman

Emanuele C. Cozzani DiSSal Section of Dermatology, University of Genoa, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST, Genoa, Italy.

Search for other papers by Emanuele C. Cozzani in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
 MD, PhD
,
Sanja Javor DiSSal Section of Dermatology, University of Genoa, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST, Genoa, Italy.

Search for other papers by Sanja Javor in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
 MD
,
Patrizio Odetti DiMI (Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties), University of Genoa, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST, Genoa, Italy.

Search for other papers by Patrizio Odetti in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
 MD
,
Francesco Drago DiSSal Section of Dermatology, University of Genoa, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST, Genoa, Italy.

Search for other papers by Francesco Drago in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
 MD
,
Maria Nives Parodi DiMI (Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties), University of Genoa, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST, Genoa, Italy.

Search for other papers by Maria Nives Parodi in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
 MD
,
Fiammetta Monacelli DiMI (Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties), University of Genoa, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST, Genoa, Italy.

Search for other papers by Fiammetta Monacelli in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
 MD
, and
Aurora Parodi DiSSal Section of Dermatology, University of Genoa, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST, Genoa, Italy.

Search for other papers by Aurora Parodi in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed Close
 MD
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7547/14-029
Restricted access
Copyright Permission Requests
USD  $35.00
Click here to view the full Terms and Conditions

Lipomas are the most common benign soft-tissue tumors found in the body. They tend to occur in areas of abundant adipose tissue, which explains why they are rarely found in the sole. Very few published cases of lipomas in the sole exist. When lipomas cannot be excised for histologic confirmation, ultrasonography has been shown to be a valuable assessment tool with high diagnostic capabilities. We present the case of 100-year-old patient with a long-standing plantar mass with late-stage clinical and sonographic features of a calcified lipoma.

Corresponding author: Emanuele Claudio Cozzani, MD, PhD, DiSSal Section of Dermatology, University of Genoa, IRCCS Azienda, Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino – IST, Viale Benedetto XV, 7- 16132 Genoa, Italy. (E-mail: emanuele.cozzani@unige.it)
Save