title: Intraosseous myelolipoma within proximal femoral metaphysis in a patient with previous prostate cancer: a case report.
abstract: We report on a case of an osteolytic lesion of the femur in a patient with previous prostate cancer, affected by hip osteoarthritis. Computed tomography of the femur demonstrated the presence of fat in the lesion. Computed tomography-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy revealed mature adipose tissue along with hematopoietic precursor cells. Surgical management consisted of curettage and packing with allograft, followed later by total hip arthroplasty. This is the third case of intraosseous myelolipoma reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Campus Bio-medico University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Papapietro
authors.forename: Nicolò
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ippolito
authors.forename: Cirino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amato
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Denaro
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005269:Femur; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018209:Myelolipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000150:complications*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous