Key result
CT confirms fat and site of origin for large retroperitoneal tumors visible on abdominal radiographs.
Case Report (n=3)
Plain abdominal radiographs can reveal fatty retroperitoneal tumors, which can be definitively confirmed and localized by computed tomography.
Alerts clinicians to plain-film visibility of fatty retroperitoneal tumors; leaves open CT utility beyond this small case series.
Three patients with large fatty retroperitoneal tumours are presented. In all three the fatty mass was visible (but initially not recognized as such) on plain abdominal radiographs. Computed tomography (CT) confirmed the presence of fat within these tumours. Attention is drawn to the importance of the correct interpretation of the plain abdominal radiograph when such fatty tumours are present. Computed tomography then proves the presence of fat as well as site of origin of such tumours.
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Fitzgerald et al. (1987) conducted a case report in Fatty retroperitoneal tumours (n=3). Computed tomography and plain abdominal radiographs was evaluated on Visibility and confirmation of fat within tumours. Computed tomography confirmed the presence of fat and site of origin in three patients with large fatty retroperitoneal tumours initially visible on plain abdominal radiographs.
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