[Intrathoracic lipoblastoma with costal involvement]

Radiologia. 2006 Nov-Dec;48(6):394-7. doi: 10.1016/s0033-8338(06)75156-6.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report the case of a two-year-old girl with a lipoblastoma arising from the chest wall with intrathoracic extension and costal involvement. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically after surgery. Plain-film chest x-rays showed an extrapleural mass; computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggested fatty contents. The differential diagnosis is mainly versus liposarcoma, which is extremely rare in children.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Child, Preschool
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Lipoma* / diagnosis
  • Lipoma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Lipoma* / pathology
  • Lipoma* / surgery
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Ribs* / pathology
  • Thoracic Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Thoracic Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Thoracic Neoplasms* / surgery
  • Thoracic Wall / pathology
  • Thoracoscopy
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed