Rapid-growing Tumor of the Cheek Mimicking a Malignant Tumor: Lipoblastoma of Infancy
Rapid-growing Tumor of the Cheek Mimicking a Malignant Tumor: Lipoblastoma of Infancy
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DOI:
10.1097/mph.0b013e3181faf871
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发表时间:
2011-03-01
影响因子:
1.2
通讯作者:
Loo, D. Maroeska W. M. Te
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作者:
Dillingh, S. Jildau;Merx, Thijs A. W.;Loo, D. Maroeska W. M. Te
In this case report, we describe a 5-month-old girl with a rapid-growing mass of the lower lip extending to the buccal cheek. After surgical interference, the diagnosis lipoblastoma was made. Dealing with a fast-growing tumor in an infant, lipoblastic tumors belong in the differential diagnosis, however, a malignant process cannot be excluded. Rapid-growing lipoblastoma of infancy is a very rare benign tumor of embryonic white fatty cells. Magnetic resonance imaging might help with the diagnosis and often shows a lesion composed mostly, but not entirely, of fat. In this case report, we want to draw attention to the problems with diagnosis and therapeutic management of children with lipoblastoma.