title: Case report. Ultrasound and CT findings in lipoma of the inferior vena cava.
abstract: Several cases of a fat mass-like lesion adjacent to and/or projecting into the inferior vena cava have been presented as a normal variant of perioesophageal fat distribution or as intravascular lipoma. We report a case of a lipoma of the inferior vena cava, studied with coronal reformatted CT images, ultrasound and colour Doppler imaging, in a 78-year-old female patient.
authors.affiliation: Seconda Universitá degli Studi di Napoli, Facoltá di Medicina e Chirurgia, Dipartimento Universitario F. Magrassi, G. Lanzara, Ex Istituto di Scienze Radiologiche, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Mizio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barberi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Severini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Vecchio
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cappabianca
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging