Giant gluteal-pelvic lipoblastoma in a four-year-old girl. Report of a rare case

Lipoblastoma is a rare benign tumor, accounting for less than 1% of childhood neoplasms. It begins from embryonic fat cells, with approximately 80% of cases occurring before the age of 3 and 40% occurring before the age of 1. Herein, we present an extremely rare case of gluteal-pelvic lipoblastoma...

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Main Authors: Evgeniy Moshekov, Danail Mitovski, Luben Stokov, Georgi Georgiev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bulgarian Orthopaedics and Trauma Association 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of the Bulgarian Orthopaedics and Trauma Association
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Online Access:https://jbota.org/index.php/jbota/article/view/41
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Danail Mitovski
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description Lipoblastoma is a rare benign tumor, accounting for less than 1% of childhood neoplasms. It begins from embryonic fat cells, with approximately 80% of cases occurring before the age of 3 and 40% occurring before the age of 1. Herein, we present an extremely rare case of gluteal-pelvic lipoblastoma in a 3.6-year-old girl successfully treated by excision of the tumour, with no evidence of clinical recurrence 3 months postoperatively.
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spelling doaj.art-f864fa46cc6d42c89464304ee8391d672023-08-27T07:25:07ZengBulgarian Orthopaedics and Trauma AssociationJournal of the Bulgarian Orthopaedics and Trauma Association0473-43782815-37152022-12-015903Giant gluteal-pelvic lipoblastoma in a four-year-old girl. Report of a rare caseEvgeniy Moshekov0Danail Mitovski1Luben Stokov2Georgi Georgiev3Department of Pediatric Surgery, UMHAT “St. Georgi”, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, BulgariaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, UMHAT “St. Georgi”, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, BulgariaDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Medical University – Sofia. University hospital “St. Anna”, Sofia, Bulgaria3Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University Hospital “Queen Giovanna - ISUL”, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria Lipoblastoma is a rare benign tumor, accounting for less than 1% of childhood neoplasms. It begins from embryonic fat cells, with approximately 80% of cases occurring before the age of 3 and 40% occurring before the age of 1. Herein, we present an extremely rare case of gluteal-pelvic lipoblastoma in a 3.6-year-old girl successfully treated by excision of the tumour, with no evidence of clinical recurrence 3 months postoperatively. https://jbota.org/index.php/jbota/article/view/41giant lipoblastomadiagnosissurgical treatmentchild
spellingShingle Evgeniy Moshekov
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Luben Stokov
Georgi Georgiev
Giant gluteal-pelvic lipoblastoma in a four-year-old girl. Report of a rare case
Journal of the Bulgarian Orthopaedics and Trauma Association
giant lipoblastoma
diagnosis
surgical treatment
child
title Giant gluteal-pelvic lipoblastoma in a four-year-old girl. Report of a rare case
title_full Giant gluteal-pelvic lipoblastoma in a four-year-old girl. Report of a rare case
title_fullStr Giant gluteal-pelvic lipoblastoma in a four-year-old girl. Report of a rare case
title_full_unstemmed Giant gluteal-pelvic lipoblastoma in a four-year-old girl. Report of a rare case
title_short Giant gluteal-pelvic lipoblastoma in a four-year-old girl. Report of a rare case
title_sort giant gluteal pelvic lipoblastoma in a four year old girl report of a rare case
topic giant lipoblastoma
diagnosis
surgical treatment
child
url https://jbota.org/index.php/jbota/article/view/41
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