NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListIntJSurgCaseRepv.49;2018PMC6076352IntJSurgCaseRep.2018;49:223–227.Publishedonline2018Jul19.doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.07.009PMCID:PMC6076352PMID:30032015Lipomaofthefossafemoralismimickingafemoralhernia.Reportof2casesG.Amato,a,⁎G.Romano,bA.Agrusa,bV.Rodolico,cL.Gordini,dandP.G.CalòdG.AmatoaPostgraduateSchoolofGeneralSurgery,UniversityofCagliari,Monserrato,Cagliari,ItalyFindarticlesbyG.AmatoG.RomanobDepartmentofGeneralSurgeryandUrgency,UniversityofPalermo,ItalyFindarticlesbyG.RomanoA.AgrusabDepartmentofGeneralSurgeryandUrgency,UniversityofPalermo,ItalyFindarticlesbyA.AgrusaV.RodolicocDepartmentofPathologicAnatomyandHistology,UniversityofPalermo,ItalyFindarticlesbyV.RodolicoL.GordinidDepartmentofSurgicalSciences,UniversityofCagliari,Monserrato,Cagliari,ItalyFindarticlesbyL.GordiniP.G.CalòdDepartmentofSurgicalSciences,UniversityofCagliari,Monserrato,Cagliari,ItalyFindarticlesbyP.G.CalòAuthorinformationArticlenotesCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimeraPostgraduateSchoolofGeneralSurgery,UniversityofCagliari,Monserrato,Cagliari,ItalybDepartmentofGeneralSurgeryandUrgency,UniversityofPalermo,ItalycDepartmentofPathologicAnatomyandHistology,UniversityofPalermo,ItalydDepartmentofSurgicalSciences,UniversityofCagliari,Monserrato,Cagliari,ItalyG.Amato:moc.liamg@demotama;G.Romano:[email protected];A.Agrusa:[email protected];V.Rodolico:moc.liamg@ocilodorotiv;L.Gordini:moc.loa@inidrogacul;P.G.Calò:ti.ilacsit@olacgp⁎Correspondingauthorat:ViaRapisardi66,I-90144,Palermo,Italy.moc.liamg@demotamaReceived2018May14;Revised2018Jul8;Accepted2018Jul10.Copyright©2018TheAuthor(s)ThisisanopenaccessarticleundertheCCBY-NC-NDlicense(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).IntroductionLipomaofthefemoralfossaisuncommon.Oftenasymptomatic,femorallipomamaygrowthwithinthecircumscribedspaceofthefemoralfossacausingpainanddiscomfort.A