Extraperitoneal pelvic myolipoma

Esra Meltem Kayahan Ulu, Ismail Kirbaş, Hüseyin Gürkan Töre, Ceyla Başaran, Ahmet Öztürk, Gülnur Güven, Elif Karadeli, Mehmet Coşkun

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)227-231
Number of pages5
JournalDiagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Volume16
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2010

Keywords

  • Abdomen
  • Computed tomography
  • Myolipoma

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