Lipoblastoma

Discussion:

Large fat-containing mass in the right posterior flank has imaging features most consistent with a lipoblastoma, which is a rare benign mesenchymal tumor which occurs in infancy and early childhood.  Regarding the clinical concern for liposarcoma raised by the ordering team: liposarcomas are extraordinarily rare in patients less than 10 years of age; therefore, a lesion containing fat in a young child is almost invariably a lipoblastoma1.

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