A Case of Pelvic Lipomatosis.
- Author:
Dong Chull SHIN
1
;
Hyung Ki CHOI
;
Chong Soon WANG
Author Information
1. Department of Urology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
pelvic lipomatosis
- MeSH:
Korea;
Lipomatosis*;
Retroperitoneal Space;
Urinary Bladder
- From:Korean Journal of Urology
1981;22(1):106-109
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pelvic lipomatosis is a very rare condition in which a proliferative process involving the mature fat of the pelvic retroperitoneal space. An X-ray in such cases is characteristic and shows radiolucency of the soft pelvic tissue and bladder is displaced upward and has a gourd-like or inverted tear-drop appearance. In Korea, there is no previous report. Herein we report a case of pelvic lipomatosis and the literatures are reviewed.
