TY - JOUR
T1 - Extraperitoneal pelvic myolipoma
AU - Ulu, Esra Meltem Kayahan
AU - Kirbaş, Ismail
AU - Töre, Hüseyin Gürkan
AU - Başaran, Ceyla
AU - Öztürk, Ahmet
AU - Güven, Gülnur
AU - Karadeli, Elif
AU - Coşkun, Mehmet
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - Myolipoma is a very rare adipocytic tumor occurring most frequently in adults, and usually is located in the retroperito-neum or abdomen. It has been described in the retroperito-neum, spinal cord, orbita, breast, round ligament, subcutaneous tissue, pericardium, rectus sheath of the abdominal wall, and abdominal cavity with attachment to the abdominal wall. Most of these tumors are discovered incidentally and are large when discovered. Radiological findings are nonspecific due to the nonlipomatous component of the tumor. We present radiological findings of a large extraperitoneal pelvic myolipoma adjacent to the anterior abdominal wall, detected incidentally in an elderly woman with a presenting complaint of intractable hiccups.
AB - Myolipoma is a very rare adipocytic tumor occurring most frequently in adults, and usually is located in the retroperito-neum or abdomen. It has been described in the retroperito-neum, spinal cord, orbita, breast, round ligament, subcutaneous tissue, pericardium, rectus sheath of the abdominal wall, and abdominal cavity with attachment to the abdominal wall. Most of these tumors are discovered incidentally and are large when discovered. Radiological findings are nonspecific due to the nonlipomatous component of the tumor. We present radiological findings of a large extraperitoneal pelvic myolipoma adjacent to the anterior abdominal wall, detected incidentally in an elderly woman with a presenting complaint of intractable hiccups.
KW - Abdomen
KW - Computed tomography
KW - Myolipoma
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U2 - 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.1631-08.3
DO - 10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.1631-08.3
M3 - Article
C2 - 19813170
AN - SCOPUS:77957227240
SN - 1305-3825
VL - 16
SP - 227
EP - 231
JO - Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
JF - Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
IS - 3
ER -