Lipolymph Nodes: A Report of Three Cases

Fatty changes as a misleading factor in the evaluation with ultrasound of superficial lymph nodes

“…Lipomatosis is generally associated with other signs of chronic inflammation and involution (such as sinus hystiocytosis, vascular sinus transformation and fibrosis) (William et al 1996), but it is essentially restricted to sites that normally exhibit minimal signs of antigenic stimulation (Luscieti et al 1980). It is common in obese patients, but normally present in almost any healthy adult individual (Flor et al 1957;Anderson and Kissane 1990); it is a function of age, but it can be observed, to some extent, also in childhood (Luscieti et al 1980).…”