World’s Largest Neglected Parosteal Lipoma Presenting as Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Lower Limb: An Extremely Rare Presentation
Background: Parosteal lipomas are rare benign tumors of adipose tissue located on the cortical surface of bone.They represent only a small fraction of bone lipomas, and most reported cases are small and incidentally detected.Presentation with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) has not been described previously.Case Report: We present a 61-year-old male with acute right lower limb pain diagnosed as popliteal vein DVT.Evaluation revealed a giant 30 cm parosteal lipoma of the femur, the largest reported to date.The lesion was completely excised, and the patient made an uneventful recovery with no recurrence on long-term follow-up.Conclusion: This case describes to best of our knowledge the world's largest parosteal lipoma and its unusual presentation with DVT.Complete surgical excision through a multidisciplinary approach is essential for cure and to prevent recurrence.
Authors
- Vinoo Bheem
- Ramoutar Kercheval
- Saiful Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3855-9307)
- Patrick Harnarayan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8585-3288)
- Vijay Naraynsingh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5099-6203)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Case Reports
- Published
- 2025-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17659/01.2025.0017
- Primary Topic
- Tumors and Oncological Cases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00