The appearance of angiolipomatosis after using laptop computer on the thighs: a relationship?

Marie Caucanas; Gebhard Müller; Olivier Vanhooteghem

doi:10.4081/dr.2011.e22

The appearance of angiolipomatosis after using laptop computer on the thighs: a relationship?

https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e22

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011)

Submitted: 6 August 2011
Accepted: 9 August 2011

Published: 9 September 2011

lipoma, angiolipomatosis, laptop computer, electromagnetic waves, thighs, nodules.

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Authors

Marie Caucanas Department of Dermatology, Clinique Sainte Elisabeth, Namur, Belgium.
Gebhard Müller Institute of Pathology and Genetics, Gosselies, Belgium, Belgium.
Olivier Vanhooteghem
ovanhooteghem@hotmail.com
Department of Dermatology, Clinique Sainte Elisabeth, Namur, Belgium.

A 56-year-old patient developed angiolipomatosis of the anterior part of the thighs after repeated laptop contact localisation. Histological findings exhibit an unusual inflammatory infiltrate. We postulate that the computer could favour lipoma development by a physiopathological mechanism that remains to be clarified.

Marie Caucanas, Department of Dermatology, Clinique Sainte Elisabeth, Namur

Gebhard Müller, Institute of Pathology and Genetics, Gosselies, Belgium

Olivier Vanhooteghem, Department of Dermatology, Clinique Sainte Elisabeth, Namur

Department of dermatology

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Caucanas, M., Müller, G., & Vanhooteghem, O. (2011). The appearance of angiolipomatosis after using laptop computer on the thighs: a relationship?. Dermatology Reports, 3(2), e22. https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e22