Intraosseous lipoma presenting as a sphenoid sinus mass

Intraosseous lipoma is an uncommon mesenchymal tumor that is frequently found in appendecular skeleton. In extremely rare conditions, it can appear in sphenoid bone, and only 2 cases have been described in literature until now. We present a case of lipoma in the body of the sphenoid bone mimicking s...

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Published inEuropean review for medical and pharmacological sciences Vol. 15; no. 11; p. 1339
Main Authors Dogan, M, Kahraman, A S, Firat, C, Kahraman, B, Karatas, E, Kizilay, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy 01.11.2011
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Adolescent
Bone Neoplasms - complications
Bone Neoplasms - diagnosis
Headache - etiology
Humans
Lipoma - complications
Lipoma - diagnosis
Lipoma - pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Skull Neoplasms - complications
Skull Neoplasms - diagnosis
Skull Neoplasms - pathology
Sphenoid Bone - pathology
Sphenoid Sinus - pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Watchful Waiting
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Summary:Intraosseous lipoma is an uncommon mesenchymal tumor that is frequently found in appendecular skeleton. In extremely rare conditions, it can appear in sphenoid bone, and only 2 cases have been described in literature until now. We present a case of lipoma in the body of the sphenoid bone mimicking sphenoid sinus tumor. A 16-year-old man presented to Department of Otorhinolaryngology with a complaint of nonspecific headache. There were any clinical findings on physical examination. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed and the diagnosis was made on these imaging findings. Other diagnostic technique, invasive histopathological assessment was not necessary. To our knowledge, this is the first case of lipoma in the body of the sphenoid bone with indentation to sphenoid sinus. The patient has been followed-up radiologically without the need for surgery for two years.
ISSN:1128-3602