Soft tissue chondroma of Hoffa's fat pad

We report mutimodal imaging findings of an extraskeletal chondroma of the Hoffa's fat pad. Plain radiographic or CT scan studies demonstrate a large soft tissue mass with calcifications and central ossification, characteristic features of these tumors. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging shows hete...

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Published inJBR-BTR : organe de la Societe royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie (KBVR) Vol. 95; no. 1; pp. 15 - 17
Main Authors Ingabire, M I, Deprez, F C, Bodart, A, Puttemans, T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Belgium Ubiquity Press 01.01.2012
Subjects
Adipose Tissue - pathology
Chondroma
Chondroma - diagnosis
Chondroma - pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Knee Joint - pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - diagnosis
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:We report mutimodal imaging findings of an extraskeletal chondroma of the Hoffa's fat pad. Plain radiographic or CT scan studies demonstrate a large soft tissue mass with calcifications and central ossification, characteristic features of these tumors. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging shows heterogeneous signal due to polymorphic histopathological appearance. Correlation between MR imaging and plain film or CT findings is essential to restrict differential diagnosis. The knowledge of this particular pathology is the key to the diagnosis.
ISSN:0302-7430
2514-8281
DOI:10.5334/jbr-btr.72