Diffuse Lipomatosis: Imaging Features.

Diffuse abdominal lipomatosis.

We report a 22-year male who developed progressive distension of abdomen, clinically diagnosed as ascites. A diagnosis of abdominal lipomatosis was made on the basis of CT evidence of excessive fatty tissue in abdominal cavity which was confirmed on laparotomy.

Diffuse Intramuscular Lipomatosis of a Lower Limb

Patient. A 40-year-old man presented with a swelling of the left thigh which had been increasing in size over 10 months. Surgery confirmed a diagnosis of lipoma. After 6 months, another swelling appeared, this time in the left calf. Ultrasound-guided biopsies revealed that the tissue showed appearances consistent with intramuscular lipoma. No further surgery was performed and the man is to be r...

Symmetric Diffuse Lipomatosis of the Thyroid Gland

Diffuse Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting as Adult Intussusception

Background: A 25-year old female presented to the Emergency Department with intermittent abdominal pain. Computed tomography imaging demonstrated multiple fat-density tumors in the small intestine and colon associated with two long-segment intussusceptions. Methods: Colonoscopy showed a partially obstructing multilobulated mass in the descending colon; biopsy was non-diagnostic. At exploratory ...

Replacement Lipomatosis of the Kidney: Mri Features

Renal replacement lipomatosis of the kidney is characterized by renal sinus and perirenal fat proliferation. It is associated with chronic infection and calculi, commonly central, often obstructing. The kidney may be large or small but is usually nonfunctioning. Most of the renal parenchyma has been replaced by fat, pararenal fascia are thickened, and there may be fistulae. We reported radiolog...