Case Reports in Radiology (Jan 2014)

Mesenteric Lipoblastoma and Cervical Lipoblastomatosis: Ultrasound, Elastosonography, and Computed Tomography Findings in Two Children

  • Raffaella Capasso,
  • Eugenio Rossi,
  • Luisa Castelli,
  • Antonio Basilicata,
  • Raffaele Zeccolini,
  • Massimo Zeccolini,
  • Antonio Rotondo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/478252
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2014

Abstract

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Lipoblastomas are benign tumors of the embryonic lipoid cells mainly occurring in infancy and early childhood. They are clinicopathologically distinguished in two forms: the well-circumscribed and localized type and the diffuse, irregularly confined type with infiltrative growth pattern, also called lipoblastomatosis. We report two pediatric cases of a mesentery localized and cervical diffuse lipoblastomas investigated both with ultrasound and computed tomography examinations.