Thyroid Lipomatosis

Symmetric Diffuse Lipomatosis of the Thyroid Gland

Gastric Lipomatosis

Gastric lipomatosis is an extremely rare condition. We present a case of a 69-year-old woman admitted with epigastric soreness. Computerized tomography (CT) revealed extrinsically compressing, fat-containing mass lesions on the entire gastric wall of the antrum and body except for the lesser curvature. A subtotal gastrectomy was performed. Pathology findings confirmed a gastric lipomatosis with...

Intrapulmonary lipomatosis.

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan Department of Surgery, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Tai...

Encephalocraniocutaneous Lipomatosis

Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis or Haberland syndrome is a rare, congenital neurocutaneous syndrome. It is characterized by unilateral lipomatous hamartomata of the scalp, eyelid, and outer globe of the eye and ipsilateral neurologic malformations. We describe the first case from Lebanon, an infant with classical encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis characterized by nevus psiloliparus, uni...

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...