title: Lipoblastoma: An important differential diagnosis of tumours of the hand in children.
abstract: Lipoblastoma is a rare benign neoplasm of infancy and childhood with the potential for locally invasive, rapid growth. It has an excellent prognosis, and does not metastasise. An important differential diagnosis for these rapidly-enlarging tumours is liposarcoma. Ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, fine needle aspiration, and cytogenetics are important diagnostic tools for this rare tumour. We present two cases of lipoblastoma of the hand that were excised within a three month period with no evidence of recurrence at 14, and 12, months respectively.
authors: Department of Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. robtoma@hotmail.com
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Toma
authors: Scott
authors: S
authors: Ferris
authors: Christopher J
authors: CJ
authors: Coombs
authors: Bruce R
authors: BR
authors: Johnstone
authors: David B
authors: DB
authors: McCombe
mesh_terms: D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome