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Chondroid lipoma: multimodality imaging in a 9-year-old female

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Chondroid lipomas are rare, benign lipomatous tumors that occur most frequently in adults during the fourth decade of life. While a female predominance was observed in the initial series of 20 cases described in 1993, the subsequent 49 reported cases do not support a strong gender predilection. We report a case of a chondroid lipoma presenting in a 9-year-old female as a painless, enlarging, left gluteal mass. This is the second case to be reported in the first decade of life and the fourth pediatric case reported in the literature (age < 21). We review the imaging and pathology findings as well as present a comprehensive review of the current literature.

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  1. Tufts University School of Medicine, 145 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA, 02111, USA

    Melissa Tannenbaum

  2. New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Radiology, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    Philip G. Colucci, Michael Baad & Arzu Kovanlikaya

  3. New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Pathology, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    Alain C. Borczuk

  4. New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine, Department of Surgery, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY, 10065, USA

    Shaun A. Steigman

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Tannenbaum, M., Colucci, P.G., Baad, M. et al. Chondroid lipoma: multimodality imaging in a 9-year-old female. Skeletal Radiol 49, 161–169 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-019-03259-0

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