Abdominal Imaging - Case Report

Extraperitoneal pelvic myolipoma

10.4261/1305-3825.DIR.1631-08.3

  • Esra Meltem Kayahan Ulu
  • İsmail Kırbaş
  • Hüseyin Gürkan Töre
  • Ceyla Başaran
  • Ahmet Öztürk
  • Gülnur Güven
  • Elif Karadeli
  • Mehmet Coşkun

Received Date: 08.07.2008 Accepted Date: 21.10.2008 Diagn Interv Radiol 2010;16(3):227-231

Myolipoma is a very rare adipocytic tumor occurring most frequently in adults, and usually is located in the retroperitoneum or abdomen. It has been described in the retroperitoneum, spinal cord, orbita, breast, round ligament, subcutaneous tissue, pericardium, rectus sheath of the abdominal wall, and abdominal cavity with attachment to the abdominal wall. Most of these tumors are discovered incidentally and are large when discovered. Radiological findings are nonspecific due to the nonlipomatous component of the tumor. We present radiological findings of a large extraperitoneal pelvic myolipoma adjacent to the anterior abdominal wall, detected incidentally in an elderly woman with a presenting complaint of intractable hiccups.

Keywords: myolipoma , abdomen , computed tomography