An Incidental Finding of Chondroid Lipoma at Total Hip Arthroplasty

Chondroid lipoma is a rare benign lipomatous soft tissue tumor which presents as a painless lump. This case report presents the incidental finding of such a tumor at total hip replacement and briefly reviews the literature regarding the histopathological features of this recently described neoplasm. (Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances 13(1):42–43, 2004)