Open AccessUnusual rib tumor: Parosteal lipoma with extensive osteochondromatous metaplasia
Author(s) -
Pragati Sathe,
Pradeep Vaideeswar
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.43749
Subject(s) - medicine , lipoma , metaplasia , rib cage , anatomy , pathology , radiology
Lipomas of the bone usually occur in the long bones and are seen in the fifth to seventh decade of life. Rib lipomas are rare and those having parosteal location are even rarer. We report a case of parosteal lipoma of the rib in a young male with some unique features. This is the fifth case of its kind to be reported in literature.