Lipomatose

Lipomatosis is a condition where there is diffuse excessive fat deposition within the body. This can especially affect certain regions.

• neck and upper region of trunk
  • Madelung disease
  • mediastinal lipomatosis
• heart
  • lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum
  • lipomatous metaplasia of the myocardium
• abdomen and pelvis
  • abdomen: diffuse intraabodminal lipomatosis
  • retroperitoneum: retroperitoneal lipomatosis 
  • pelvis: pelvic lipomatosis
  • pancreas: pancreatic lipomatosis
  • ileocecal valve: lipomatosis of the ileocecal valve
  • colon: colonic lipomatosis 
  • renal:
    • renal replacement lipomatosis
    • renal sinus lipomatosis
• epidural space: epidural lipomatosis

Associations conditions

• encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis
• familial multiple lipomatosis

Differential diagnosis

Possible imaging differential considerations include:

• lipoma: "distinct" fat-containing lesion
• low grade diffuse fat series tumor

See also

• lipomatous lesions

Siehe auch:

• epidurale Lipomatose
• Lipomatöse Hypertrophie des interatrialen Septums
• Pankreaslipomatose
• Cauda equina Lipom
• mediastinale Lipomatose
• familial multiple lipomatosis (FML )
• symmetrische Adenolipomatose
• Haberland-Syndrom
• Madelung-Krankheit
• pelvine Lipomatose

und weiter:

• pleurale Lipomatose
• SOLAMEN-Syndrom
• Glukokortikoide