Groin lump secondary to avulsion fracture of the adductor muscles of the middle thigh in the absence of any hernia is rare. The authors discuss a case of a young footballer who presented with a painful groin swelling. Surgical exploration revealed that the cause of the lump was an avulsion fr...
Lipoma is a word that translates as "fatty tumor," but alipomais not cancer. It is simply a growth of fat between the muscle layer and the skin above it. The exact cause is not known. The condition does run in families and is associated with other unusual syndromes such as adiposis do...