IMAGING OF INTRAOSSEOUS LIPOMA, WITH SPECIFIC CONCERN TO VERTEBRAL BODIES INVOLVEMENT: A REVIEW
SAFIYE KAFADAR *
Harput State Hospital, 23200 Elazığ, Turkey
YASSER ZAKARIA
Department of Radiology, Damietta Oncology Cancer, Damietta, Egypt
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Bone lipomas are rare tumors that constitute up to 0.1%-2.5% of bone tumors. Intraosseous lipoma has been reported to occur usually in metaphyseal or epiphyseal regions of long bones such as femur, tibia, fibula, and calcaneus, but only a few cases of intraosseous lipoma originating primarily in the spine are reported.
In this review, we aimed to discuss the diagnostic imaging findings of intraosseous lipoma with review of literature concerning this rare pathology.
Keywords: Intraosseous lipoma, lumbar vertebra, computed tomography