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Case Report
Unusual cervicothoracic presentation of lipoblastoma in a 12-month infant
1 MD, Resident in Radiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, UHC Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
2 MD, Intern in Radiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, UHC Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
3 Professor, Radiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, UHC Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
4 Professor, Chief of Department of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, UHC Ibn Sina, Rabat, Morocco
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El Mansoury Fatima Zahrae
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Article ID: 101291Z01EZ2022
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Zahrae EMF, Ismail HM, Najlae L, Nazik A, Latifa C. Unusual cervicothoracic presentation of lipoblastoma in a 12-month infant. Int J Case Rep Images 2022;13:101291Z01EZ2022.ABSTRACT
Introduction: Lipoblastomas (LBs) are infrequent tumors that typically manifest at the expense of embryonic adipocytes in infants younger than three years with a male predominance. Usually LBs are benign in nature, slow in growth with tendency to be localized in the extremities but it can also have an aggressively infiltrative tendency.
Case Report: We report a 1-year-old male child presented with painless cervicothoracic tumefaction investigated essentially with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which was characteristic of LBs, and further proved histologically. The child was managed surgically and the tumor was resected completely.
Conclusion: Lipoblastomas are extremely rare tumors that should figure in the differential diagnosis dealing with children presenting painless soft tissue mass that is growing. Magnetic resonance imaging findings are characteristics for the diagnosis which are confirmed by histopathological examination.
Keywords: Axilla, Cervicothoracic, Lipoblastoma, Magnetic resonance imaging
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El Mansoury Fatima Zahrae - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Halfi Mohamed Ismail - Analysis of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Lrhorfi Najlae - Analysis of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Allali Nazik - Analysis of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Chat Latifa - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
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