CT and MR imaging findings of solitary nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis: radiological-pathological correlation. 2020

Masaya Kawaguchi, and Hiroki Kato, and Hiroyuki Tomita, and Akira Hara, and Masayuki Matsuo
Department of Radiology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, 501-1194, Japan.

OBJECTIVE This study assessed the CT and MRI findings of solitary nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis (NLCS). METHODS Eleven patients with histopathologically and clinically confirmed solitary NLCS who underwent CT and/or MRI were enrolled. Radiological and histopathological findings of elevated lesions located above the level of the surrounding normal skin surface and coexisting subcutaneous lipoma-like lesions were assessed retrospectively. RESULTS Elevated skin lesions were observed in all 11 patients; these lesions were pedunculated in 4 patients (36%) and broad-based in 7 (64%). The CT attenuation of elevated lesions was fat attenuation in 2 out of 7 patients (29%), slightly increased fat attenuation in 4 out of 7 (57%), and combined fat and soft-tissue attenuation in 1 out of 7 (14%). The MR signal intensity of elevated lesions on T1-weighted images was fat signal intensity in 2 out of 6 patients (33%), slightly decreased fat signal intensity in 3 out of 6 (50%), and combined fat signal intensity and hypointensity in 1 out of 6 (17%). Subcutaneous lipoma-like lesions with fat attenuation and/or fat signal intensity were observed in 6 out of 11 patients (55%). Histopathologically, various amounts of fatty tissue and collagenous fiber were observed within the elevated lesions in all 11 patients. CONCLUSIONS The CT and MRI features of solitary NLCS were the broad-based or pedunculated elevated lesions, including fatty components. Additionally, subcutaneous lipoma-like lesions were frequently observed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008067 Lipoma A benign tumor composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It can be surrounded by a thin layer of connective tissue (encapsulated), or diffuse without the capsule. Fatty Tumor,Hibernoma,Lipoma, Pleomorphic,Atypical Lipoma,Lipomata,Lipomatosis, Multiple,Atypical Lipomas,Fatty Tumors,Hibernomas,Lipoma, Atypical,Lipomas,Lipomas, Atypical,Lipomas, Pleomorphic,Lipomatas,Lipomatoses, Multiple,Multiple Lipomatoses,Multiple Lipomatosis,Pleomorphic Lipoma,Pleomorphic Lipomas,Tumor, Fatty,Tumors, Fatty
D008068 Lipomatosis A disorder characterized by the accumulation of encapsulated or unencapsulated tumor-like fatty tissue resembling LIPOMA. Lipomatoses
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009506 Nevus A circumscribed stable malformation of the skin and occasionally of the oral mucosa, which is not due to external causes and therefore presumed to be of hereditary origin. Mole, Skin,Moles, Skin,Skin Mole,Nevi,Skin Moles
D005260 Female Females
D006222 Hamartoma A focal malformation resembling a neoplasm, composed of an overgrowth of mature cells and tissues that normally occur in the affected area. Hamartomas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000273 Adipose Tissue Specialized connective tissue composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It is the site of stored FATS, usually in the form of TRIGLYCERIDES. In mammals, there are two types of adipose tissue, the WHITE FAT and the BROWN FAT. Their relative distributions vary in different species with most adipose tissue being white. Fatty Tissue,Body Fat,Fat Pad,Fat Pads,Pad, Fat,Pads, Fat,Tissue, Adipose,Tissue, Fatty

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