DETECTION OF A DEEP LIPOBLASTOMA BY MRI AND ULTRASOUND

Lipoblastoma is a rare benign tumor of the soft tissue occurring predo minantly during the first two years of life. We report here the applic ation of MRI and ultrasound to the detection of a soft tissue lipoblas toma. By MRI and ultrasound, we precisely evaluated the extent of the tumor, the presence of atypical areas of cystic and mucoid degeneratio n within the tumor, and its lack of vascularity. Our patient's lipobla stoma did not demonstrate the signal characteristics of a fatty tumor on MRI.