Benign Bone Tumors
A 45-year-old man has a lateral hindfoot radiograph taken after an ankle injury. An incidental finding is noted in the calcaneus: a well-circumscribed, radiolucent lesion with a sclerotic margin and a central calcific density. The lesion was not present on radiographs from 5 years ago. CT confirms the fatty nature of the lesion with central calcification. The patient is asymptomatic. Regarding intraosseous lipoma:
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Intraosseous lipoma is a rare benign bone tumor composed of mature adipose tissue; it is often disco...
Radiographically, intraosseous lipoma appears as a well-defined, radiolucent lesion with a thin scle...
Intraosseous lipoma is malignant with high metastatic potential; the most common location is the spi...
The Milgram classification describes histopathologic stages: Stage 1 (viable lipocytes, no necrosis)...
Treatment of asymptomatic lesions is observation; symptomatic lesions may be treated with curettage ...
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