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Shoulder lipoma

Case contributed by Edgar Luna Villanueva
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Anterior shoulder mass for 7 months. No pain or other symptoms are reported.

Patient Data

Age: 50 years
Gender: Male
mri

Anterior shoulder mass, deep to the anterior deltoid muscle fibers. Isointense to fatty tissue in every sequence included fat-sat.

Case Discussion

Deep soft tissue shoulder mass isointense to fatty tissue, even in fat-sat sequences, very suggestive of lipoma.

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