title: [Lipomatous tumors of soft tissues in the extremities and the waist in adults].
abstract: Lipomatous tumors of the upper and lower extremities in adults are frequent and lipoma is the most common soft tissue tumor. Most have a typical appearance at imaging but presentation and management may vary based on the exact histological subtype. The purpose of this paper is to review the main clinical, radiological and histological features of the different benign and malignant lipomatous tumors.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Imagerie Guilloz, Service d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, Hospital Central, Nancy, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Henrot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iochum
authors.forename: Jm
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vignaud
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stines
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blum
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D001415:Back; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005121:Extremities; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed