Diffuse Lipomatosis of Thyroid Gland

Symmetric Diffuse Lipomatosis of the Thyroid Gland

Diffuse lipomatosis of the thyroid gland with papillary microcarcinoma: Report of a rare entity.

Presence of lobules of adipose tissue either focally or diffusely is very rare in the thyroid gland. Fat accumulation can be macroscopic or microscopic. Focal infiltrates of fat have been reported in conditions such as adenolipoma, intrathyroid lipoma, and encapsulated papillary carcinoma. Diffuse lipomatosis has been reported in conditions such as amyloid goitre, heterotopic fat nests, thyroli...

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...

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 ...