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Oncology
intermediate
X-Type

Intraosseous Lipoma

Bone Tumors

A 45-year-old woman presents with incidental heel pain during workup for plantar fasciitis. Radiographs show a well-defined lytic lesion in the calcaneus with central calcification. MRI demonstrates a lesion that is hyperintense on T1-weighted images and suppresses completely on fat-saturated sequences. Regarding intraosseous lipoma:

Mark each as TRUE or FALSE

A

Intraosseous lipoma is a rare benign bone tumor composed of mature adipocytes; it accounts for less ...

B

Milgram classification stages intraosseous lipoma: Stage 1 (viable lipoma with fat only), Stage 2 (f...

C

Intraosseous lipoma is a malignant tumor requiring wide resection; MRI shows low signal on T1 and hi...

D

MRI is diagnostic showing high T1 signal (following fat signal) with complete suppression on fat-sat...

E

Management is typically observation for asymptomatic lesions given benign nature; curettage and bone...

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Click T (True) or F (False) for each option