Lipoblastoma--an unfamiliar but important diagnosis. A case series and literature review.
Lipoblastoma and its infiltrative variant lipoblastomatosis are rare adipose tissue tumours seen in infants and children. Many surgeons are unfamiliar with these uncommon lesions and hence they are suboptimally treated. We report a case series of six patients in our tertiary paediatric hospital. Cases were reviewed retrospectively with reference to demographics, investigations, diagnosis and their management. Lipoblastomas are easily misdiagnosed and excision before proper investigations may result in incomplete resection, recurrence and further potentially mutilating surgery.
Department of Orthopaedics, AlderHey Children's Hospital Liverpool, L12 2AP, United Kingdom. harveygeorge@gmail.com
Harvey L
HL
George
P Nithin
PN
Unnikrishnan
Leroy A
LA
James
Daniel C
DC
Perry
Neeraj K
NK
Garg
Colin E
CE
Bruce
D017667:Adipocytes / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018205:Neoplasms, Adipose Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies