Author/Authors :
Tahbaz, O department of Radiology - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD) Maseeh Daneshvary Hospital Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Bakhshayesh Karam, M department of Radiology - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD) Maseeh Daneshvary Hospital Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Zahirifard, S department of Radiology - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD) Maseeh Daneshvary Hospital Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Kaynama, K department of Radiology - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD) Maseeh Daneshvary Hospital Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences , Haghighi, S Department of Pathology - National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD) Maseeh Daneshvary Hospital Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
Abstract :
Lipoblastomas are rare benign tum ors arising from fetal-embryo nal fat that almost always
occur in children and about two thirds of them o ccur in the superficial or deep layers of soft
tissue on extremities. To our knowledge there ar e only 6 case reports of mediastinal lipoblastomas
in the English medical literature. We re port a case of mediastinal lipoblastoma in a
2.5–year-old child. A mediastinal mass was foun d on the chest x-ray, CT (Computed Tomography)
scan and MR (Magnetic Resonance) imaging. We found a fatty density mass with no
evidence of septation, strading and soft ti ssue density without enhancement after contrast
injection. On MRI, the mass was high-signal intensity on T1 and T2. Complete surgical resection
was performed and the pathological examination proved lipoblastoma.
