Ossifying parosteal lipoma with exuberant cortical reaction. A case report.
Lipomas lying close to bone are called parosteal lipomas. They usually cause some bone reaction. We are reporting a dramatic example of this rare condition and have discussed the differential diagnosis and management.
Asirvatham
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D015576:Hyperostosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed