@article{fundakowski2013lipogranuloma,
  title = {Lipogranuloma of the Head and Neck},
  author = {Christopher E. Fundakowski and Jennifer R. Chapman and Zoukaa Sargi},
  year = 2013,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/IJCRM/2013/410335/},
  journal = {International Journal of Case Reports in Medicine},
  volume = 2013 (2013),
  pages = 4,
  doi = 10.5171/2013.410335,
  abstract = {Objective: To report a rare case of lipogranuloma of the head & neck. Case Report: We present a 33-year old female patient with a 2-month history of left neck mass refractory to antibiotic therapy.  Laboratory workup and fine needle aspiration biopsy was non-diagnostic.  Excisional biopsy revealed histologic evidence of a granulomatous soft tissue reaction consistent with lipogranuloma.  Lipogranuloma is a very rare finding in the head and neck which typically manifests clinically with painless palpable lymphadenopathy.  Two mechanisms have been described for the etiology of lipogranulomas: (1) an exogenous foreign body reaction to either a lipid or oil-like substance, and the more rare (2) endogenous degeneration secondary to an allergic/inflammatory mechanism as a result of severe heat/cold and/or trauma.  Given the patient’s history of motor vehicle accident 3 months prior with concurrent neck strain injury, the etiology of lipogranuloma is this case is likely due to endogenous lipid degeneration.  Conclusion: This case reports the rare clinical finding of a patient with lipogranuloma likely secondary to endogenous inflammatory lipid degeneration.},
  keywords = {Lipogranuloma, head, neck, surgery.},
  note = Article ID: 410335
}