Saran lotfollahzadeh
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Title: Two cases of cervical pediatric lipoblastoma
Biography
Biography: Saran lotfollahzadeh
Abstract
Lipoblastoma is an extremely rare entity, characterizing by benign nature, encapsulated tumor which most commonly diagnosed in upper and lower extremities and occasionally in the trunk. Cervical lipoblastoma is reported for approximately 50 cases worldwide.
Patients and method:
Case1: A 9 months old patient referred to our hospital with uni-lateral progressively enlarged neck mass for a couple of months before admission. On physical examination, painless movable four in three centimeters mass was revealed. Further imaging by CT elucidated a heterogeneous mass with spinal cord involvement.
Case2: A 2-year-old male patient who presented with a recurrent well-defined left sided submandibular mass for several months before admission without significant skin changes.
Results: Both patients underwent radical surgical excision for the neck mass. Local invasion to the adjacent vascular structures were not clarified. Gross pathological appearance revealed well-circumscribed mass which were differentiated from surrounding structures by connective tissue. Post operative course passed uneventfully.
Conclusions: Lipoblastoma as an uncommon clinical entity of cervical lesions might present as non-tender, uni-lateral neck mass. Radical surgical excision if possible without sacrificing vascular structures serves as the optimal modality of treatment and definitive diagnosis demand pathological evaluation.