Lipoma of the Index Finger

Abstract

Lipomas are common, benign tumors originating from adipose tissues. They can occur anywhere on the body but are rarely found on the finger. We report two lipomas of the right index finger in a 46-year-old man; this is the first report of a lipoma occurring on the fingers in Korea.

Lipoma of the Index Finger

“…The first patient with a lipoma of the finger was reported by Stein in 1959 3 . Since then, only 14 such patients have been reported in the literature 1,4–12 . Of those 14, 3 were reported with a posttraumatic lipoma of the left index fingertip.…”

“…Of those 14, 3 were reported with a posttraumatic lipoma of the left index fingertip. Choi and coworkers 5 reported on 2 lipomas of the right index finger, and Stuffer and Thurner 10 described a 75‐year‐old woman with a lipoma of the left index finger. Those lesions were treated by means of simple excision, which remains the therapy of choice for such tumors.…”