Author(s): Pinto, E ; Veiga, M ; Sagarribay, A ; Conceição, C
Date: 2022
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/4461
Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, EPE
Subject(s): CHLC NRAD; CHLC NCIR; Diffuse Lipomatosis; Neuroradiology; Periodontoid Pseudotumor; Phakomatoses; Tuberous Sclerosis.
Tuberous sclerosis (TS) is a genetic multisystem disorder associated with the development of benign tumors in many organs. Diffuse lipomatosis, which represents the overgrowth of fatty tissue in one part of the body, is a very rare finding reported in patients with tuberous sclerosis. We describe the case of a patient with diffuse lipomatosis in the right scapular, posterior cervical and perivertebral regions, associated with a space-occupying lesion adjacent to the odontoid process of C2 that appeared to be a pseudotumor, and discuss possible relation between these entities.
