Cervico-Thoracic Giant Lipoma in a Child

Cervico-Thoracic Giant Lipoma in a Child.

Lipomas are benign mesenchymal tumors that can be observed all over the body. In total, 25% of lipomas are observed in the head and neck region, and most of them are located in the posterior cervical triangle. Lipomas that are greater than 10 cm in width or more than 1000 g in weight are called giant tumors. Cervico-thoracic lipomas are extremely rare, and only four cases have been reported in ...

Giant Omental Lipoma in a Child

Omental lipomas are extremely rare tumors of childhood. We report a case of solitary giant lipoma of the omentum in a child, successfully managed by complete excision, without any recurrence on follow-up study.

Tenosynovial giant cell tumor in the cervico-thoracic junction.

Tenosynovial giant cell tumor (TGT) rarely arises from the posterior coloumn of the cervical spine. Most lesions of TGT involve the tendon sheath and joint lining of the small joints of the fingers and hands, and consecutively the knee, ankles and feet, and hips. Rate of extra-articular presentation is about 5-15% in all cases. In this report, a case with paraparesis caused by T...

Giant pericallosal lipoma associated with intractable epilepsy in a child.

To cite: Rao K, Levy ML, Ross Crawford J. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014205403 DESCRIPTION An 18-month-old girl first presented with afebrile seizures in the setting of a non-focal neurological examination and diffuse frontal slowing on EEG. MRI revealed a giant T1 hyperintense homogenous mass lesion along the interhemispheric fissure and per...

Giant Palmar Lipoma: A Rare Presentation