An Unusual Fat-Containing Presacral Tumor in an Elderly Patient
Joint Authors
Ferreira, Ana Cristina
Ortiz, Santiago
Távora, Isabel
Gonçalves, Afonso
Leite, Maria Inês
Esteves, Rui
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The authors present a case of a presacral myelolipoma diagnosed in an 84-year-old male patient with longstanding pelvic pain and past medical history of bladder cancer.
Pelvic computed tomography (CT) revealed a well-encapsulated and lobulated presacral mass, with mixed fat and soft-tissue attenuation.
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging provided further confirmation of macroscopic intralesional fat and excluded either adjacent bone invasion or bladder cancer recurrence.
A presacral myelolipoma was suspected based on imaging findings, with liposarcoma and teratoma having also been considered for the differential diagnosis.
The histological confirmation of the tumor was only attained postoperatively.
This case report alerts to the possible presacral location of myelolipomas, which should be considered for every fat-containing lesion detected in this region.
The main clinical, imaging, and differential diagnoses of this entity are reviewed in this paper.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Leite, Maria Inês& Gonçalves, Afonso& Ferreira, Ana Cristina& Ortiz, Santiago& Esteves, Rui& Távora, Isabel. 2014. An Unusual Fat-Containing Presacral Tumor in an Elderly Patient. Case Reports in Radiology،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Leite, Maria Inês…[et al.]. An Unusual Fat-Containing Presacral Tumor in an Elderly Patient. Case Reports in Radiology No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Leite, Maria Inês& Gonçalves, Afonso& Ferreira, Ana Cristina& Ortiz, Santiago& Esteves, Rui& Távora, Isabel. An Unusual Fat-Containing Presacral Tumor in an Elderly Patient. Case Reports in Radiology. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-489503
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-489503