title: Lipoblastoma and lipoblastomatosis in children.
abstract: Lipoblastoma and lipoblastomatosis are rare mesenchymal benign tumors of embryonal white fat. They are found primarily in children less than 5 years of age. This tumor presents in two forms: a localized well-circumscribed lesion (lipoblastoma), or a multicentric type (lipoblastomatosis). The authors presents three cases, two of them with a buttock lesion, the last with a paravertebral one. It is recommended a complete but conservative excision of the tumor because there is a natural tendency to involution, although in the first year of life a local reexcision for recurrence is sometimes described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Ospedale Maggiore, Bologna.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bertana
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Parigi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giuntoli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pelagalli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Battisti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bragheri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verga
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002081:Buttocks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed