Lipomas of the pancreas. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe the CT findings of pancreatic lipomas in four patients. CONCLUSION: In all four cases, the lipoma was revealed incidentally on CT scans obtained for other reasons. CT scans were diagnostic, showing well-circumscribed masses within the pancreas composed almost entirely of fat, with a few scattered vessels or septa or both, which ranged in size from 1.4 x 2.0 cm to 4.5 x 5.3 cm in the axial plane. Pancreatic lipomas are rare, usually incidental tumors and, as with lipomas found elsewhere in the body, conservative management is often indicated.

publication date

  • June 1, 1998

Research

keywords

  • Lipoma
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0031837892

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.2214/ajr.170.6.9609158

PubMed ID

  • 9609158

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 170

issue

  • 6