Radiologic case study. Benign intraosseous lipoma.
Intraosseous lipomas are uncommon lesions of bone most often diagnosed incidentally. They typically manifest a classic radiographic appearance, but CT or MRI may be useful in diagnosing lesions that are atypical or incompletely defined radiographically and avoid an unnecessary biopsy.
Amrami
Kimberly K
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Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn 55905, USA.
Sundaram
Murali
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D000368:Aged; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005269:Femur / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography