CT diagnosis of macrodystrophia lipomatosa. A case report.
Radiographs and CT scans of a 45-year-old male with progressive enlargement of his right upper limb and shoulder are presented. Extensive soft-tissue hypertrophy with linear radiolucent bands (fat) limited to the lateral aspect of the limb were seen. Exostoses-like bony overgrowth were also seen along interphalangeal joints. At CT, hypertrophic adipose tissue intermingling with muscle fibers was demonstrated, a diagnostic finding distinguishing the lesion from plexiform neurofibrolipomatosis, Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome and other angiomatous lesions.
Jain
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Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Sawhney
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Berry
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D001132:Arm; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005877:Gigantism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007715:Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017253:Neurofibromatoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed