MR findings of macrodystrophia lipomatosa
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R Soler1, E Rodríguez, A Bargiela
1Department of Radiology, Hospital Juan Canalejo, La Corua, Spain.
Clinical Imaging
|March 1, 1997
Abstract:
Macrodystrophia lipomatosa is a congenital form of localized gigantism characterized by an overgrowth of all mesenchymal elements with a disproportionate increase of adipose tissue. We describe a patient with macrodystrophia lipomatosa affecting the foot who exhibited characteristic MR findings that distinguish the lesion from other conditions associated with localized gigantism.