Case Reports
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/dr.2011.e22

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

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Received: 6 August 2011
Accepted: 9 August 2011
Published: 9 September 2011
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lipoma, angiolipomatosis, laptop computer, electromagnetic waves, thighs, nodules.

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.

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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. The appearance of angiolipomatosis after using laptop computer on the thighs: a relationship?. Dermatol Reports [Internet]. 2011 Sep. 9 [cited 2026 Apr. 18];3(2):e22. Available from: https://journals.pagepress.net/dr/article/view/dr.2011.e22