title: Paediatric lipoblastoma in the head and neck: three cases and review of literature.
abstract: Lipoblastoma is a rare benign tumour arising from embryonic white fat. The tumours occur primarily in infancy and early childhood and usually arise from the limbs and the trunk, but neck involvement is rare. We report three cases of head and neck lipoblastoma. In all cases, imaging showed a well-delineated, fat-containing tumour. After surgical resection, the outcome of these patients was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Eveline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bruyeer
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lemmerling
authors.forename: Vincent Vander
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Poorten
authors.forename: Raf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sciot
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hermans
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D062689:Lipoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*