Thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an infant

We report a rare case of thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an 11-month-old male who presented with the history of a right scapular swelling that grew rapidly over one month. The diagnosis of lipoblastoma was made on a contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan, which was later confirmed by histopatholog...

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Main Authors: Subash Phuyal, Geha Raj Dahal, Asmita Pandey, Ritesh Lamsal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576620302414
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author Subash Phuyal
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Ritesh Lamsal
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description We report a rare case of thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an 11-month-old male who presented with the history of a right scapular swelling that grew rapidly over one month. The diagnosis of lipoblastoma was made on a contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan, which was later confirmed by histopathologic examination. The lesion was excised completely. There were no signs of recurrence at one year follow up.
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spelling doaj.art-f38ced18dc0c4b1ab6647ab14bf75d2d2022-12-22T01:29:03ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662020-10-0161101607Thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an infantSubash Phuyal0Geha Raj Dahal1Asmita Pandey2Ritesh Lamsal3Department of Radiology, Grande International Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal; Corresponding author. Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Neuroradiology, Grande International Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.Department of Pediatric Surgery Unit, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Norvic International Hospital, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Anaesthesiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, NepalWe report a rare case of thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an 11-month-old male who presented with the history of a right scapular swelling that grew rapidly over one month. The diagnosis of lipoblastoma was made on a contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan, which was later confirmed by histopathologic examination. The lesion was excised completely. There were no signs of recurrence at one year follow up.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576620302414LipoblastomaLipoblastomatosisLiposarcoma
spellingShingle Subash Phuyal
Geha Raj Dahal
Asmita Pandey
Ritesh Lamsal
Thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an infant
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Lipoblastoma
Lipoblastomatosis
Liposarcoma
title Thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an infant
title_full Thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an infant
title_fullStr Thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an infant
title_full_unstemmed Thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an infant
title_short Thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an infant
title_sort thoracic wall lipoblastoma in an infant
topic Lipoblastoma
Lipoblastomatosis
Liposarcoma
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576620302414
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