Intraosseous Lipoma of Rib

Giant Intraosseous Lipoma of the Rib

“…It is usually asymptomatic. It can occasionally present with localized pain or discomfort [1]. The etiology is unclear.…”

“…The etiology is unclear. The natural history includes a tendency to spontaneous involution through a process of infarction, calcification, and cyst formation [1]. Reports have described intraosseous lipoma in patients of all ages and both sexes.…”

“…These lesions demonstrate fat attenuation on CT and signal characteristics of fat on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI is effective in demonstrating the exact extent of the lesion [1]. The radio- graphic differential diagnoses include bone infarction, simple bone cyst, fibrous dysplasia, giant cell tumor of the bone, aneurysmal bone cyst, osteoblastoma, and chondroblastoma [2].…”