Magnetic resonance imaging of a case of monomelic macrodystrophia lipomatosa.
Macrodystrophia lipomatosa is a rare form of non-hereditary congenital localized gigantism. Radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging of one such case in a 3-year-old girl is presented in which the entire right-lower limb was affected. Radiographs revealed excessive soft tissue hypertrophy and exostoses-like bony overgrowth from the metatarsals. Magnetic resonance images showed excess unencapsulated fatty proliferation and fatty infiltration of the involved muscles.
Pandey
A K
AK
Raj Scanning Ltd, Manas nagar, Jiamau, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. anup_pandey000@rediffmail.com
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005877:Gigantism / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D038061:Lower Extremity Deformities, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*