title: A case of pelvic lipomatosis presenting with edema of the lower extremities.
abstract: We report a 29-year-old male with pelvic lipomatosis that presented with edema of the lower extremities. The patient visited our department because of the marked edema of the lower extremities with body weight gain. The pelvic region was generally radiolucent on plain abdominal radiogram. Excretory urogram and pelvic computed tomography scan revealed compression of the bladder by an adipose tissue mass. On lymphograms, lymph vessels were compressed from the inguinal area in the common iliac region. The edema of the lower extremities was thought to be caused by lymph vessel obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Yamada Red Cross Hospital, Watarai, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Unno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kakuta
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008220:Lymphography; D008297:Male; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed