We present two cases of idiopathic spinal epidural lipomatosis. Case 1: A 77-year-old man experienced tightness in bilateral lower extremities and neurogenic claudication for 1 year. He was overweight with a body mass index of 30.8 kg/m2. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed extensive epidural lipomatosis of lumobsacral spine with significant constrictive compression of the thecal sac. Case 2: A...

BACKGROUND Mediastinal widening is a common finding on chest radiograph, and can be caused by numerous conditions. Most of these diseases have grave prognosis if accompanied by chest pain, and require immediate attention. However, mediastinal lipomatosis is a very benign condition caused by deposition of adipose tissue in the mediastinum. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a morbidly obes...

785 weighted sequences with a reduction of the nonhomogeneous internal signal sequences obtained with the suppression of the fat signal with modest and nuanced post-contrast enhancement. A preliminary diagnosis of multiple lipomatosis was taken. The procedure was performed under general anesthesia. A double surgical access was adopted: 1) the first, in the nuchal region, with enucleation en blo...

Retroperitoneal lipomatosis is a rare but distinct clinicopathological entity characterized by non encapsulated lipoma development in the retroperitoneum. Presenting complaints in the early stages are vague, and patients with retroperitoneal lipomatosis are often misdiagnosed because considerable abnormality is not detected by abdomino-pelvic sonography. However, because of the progressive natu...

INTRODUCTION Intestinal Lipomatosis consists of diffuse lipomas in various regions from the small to large bowel. They can remain asymptomatic or present with complications such as Intussusception. DISCUSSION Intestinal lipomatosis complicated by Intussusception is a rare occurrence that has not been well documented. Rare condition management is difficult to approach because of the customizab...

UNLABELLED Thyroid lipomatosis is a rare disease, as a total of 20 cases have been described in the literature. It is characterized by diffuse infiltration of the stroma by mature adipose tissue and by progressive growth that produces different degrees of compressive symptoms. Our aim is to present the case of a 36-year-old woman who consulted because of dyspnea caused by a multinodular goiter....

Introduction. Epidural lipomatosis is most frequently observed in patients on chronic steroid treatment. Only a few idiopathic epidural lipomatosis cases have been described.Material and Methods. 64-year-old male patient presented with low back pain and left leg pain. Later, the patient experienced neurogenic claudication and radicular pain in the left leg without urinary dysfunction. Plain rad...

The first description of oral lipomas was made by Roux in 1848. He referred it as a ‘yellow Epulis’ [4]. Morphologically intra-oral lipomas can be classified as diffuse form affecting the deeper tissues, superficial form and encapsulated form [5]. Multiple head and neck lipomas have been observed in neurofibromatosis, Gardner syndrome, EcephaloCraniocutaneous lipomatosis, Multiple familial lipo...

Symmetrical lipomatosis of the tongue is an extremely rare condition. To date, only eight cases have been reported in the literature. We present an extremely rare case of intramuscular lipomatosis of the tongue in a 67-year-old male. The present case is unique because of its infiltrating nature and the extension of the lesion. Glossectomy was performed to reduce the size of the tongue and for d...

Congenital infiltrating lipomatosis of the face comprises a subgroup of lipomatous tumors. While rare, it remains a definite clinical entity. Its etiology is unknown. The tumor is congenital in origin and occurs in infancy or early childhood. It is poorly enveloped and characterized by diffuse infiltration of mature adipose tissue over normal muscle fibers, rapid growth, associated osseous hype...