An unusual tumor of the neck and mediastinum: lipoblastomatosis resulting in paraparesis.
Lipoblastomatous tumors are quite rare neoplasms deriving from embryonic white fatty tissues, most often seen in infancy and childhood. Lipoblastoma is the focal and well-circumscribed type, whereas lipoblastomatosis is the more infiltrating type of lipoblastomatous tumors. We present a 14-month-old male infant presenting with a mediastinal mass showing paraparesis, who had previously undergone the removal of the cervical part of this mediastinal mass. We removed the mediastinal part of the mass with a posterolateral thoracotomy which proved to be a lipoblastomatosis. We emphasize that this very uncommon tumor located at the neck and mediastinum should be included in the differential diagnosis of infants having gait disturbance.
Dogan
Riza
R
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, 06100 Ankara, Turkey. rdogan@hacettepe.edu.tr
Kara
Murat
M
Firat
Pinar
P
Gedikoglu
Gokhan
G
D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000209:etiology; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009333:Neck; D020335:Paraparesis / Q000209:etiology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*