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Subcutaneous Lipoma

Patient Positioning

Patient seated on a revolving stool, arm in slight internal rotation. Elbow flexed (90°), palm up.

Probe Positioning

On the top of the shoulder in a coronal plane over the supraspinous fossa at the lateral side. 

Shoulder anterior view
note: The patient shows a compressible, slightly hyperechoic mass with subcutaneous fat echogenicity superficial to the trapezius muscle with clear margins and without marked doppler signal.