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Figure 2: A: A 37-year-old man with a lipoma of the shoulder, requiring an operative time of 34 minutes. B: A 26-year-old man with a lipoma of the back, requiring an operative time of 56 minutes. C: A 61-year-old man with a lipoma of the upper arm, requiring an operative time of 16 minutes. D: A 62-year-old man with a lipoma of the proximal thigh, requiring an operative time of 27 minutes. Retaining ligaments of low signal intensity are seen running perpendicular to the body surface, extending from the periphery of the tumor (bottom images). The number of retaining ligaments is higher in lesions involving the back (B, bottom image) and lower for lesions involving the upper arm (C, bottom image) and the thigh (D, bottom).