Korean J Urol.
1981 Feb;22(1):106-109.
A Case of Pelvic Lipomatosis
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Urology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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.
