Authors: Benmassaoud Zineb, Ben Tayeb Tayeb, Balde Fatoumata Binta, Mahmoudi Abdelhalim, Khattala Khalid, Bouabdallah Youssef.
Introduction: Lipoblastoma is a rare form of a tumor. It is a benign tumor of embryonic adiposis tissue that primarily occurs in children younger than 3-years. Lipoblastoma is most located in the extremities and trunk. There is the focal circumscribed lipoblastoma and the infiltrating lipoblastoma. The management is complete surgical resection.
Through a clinical description, we report the case of a lipoblastoma in a 7-month-old infant. The study aims to compare the clinical and outcome aspect with those in the literature.
Case: A 7-old-month girl, who presents from birth a masse on the right trapezius muscle, fixed 8x 5 cm of large. No inflammatory signs in front of the tumor and no other location.
We performed a total resection of the tumor and the pathology analysis found a lipoblastoma. After 2-years of follow-up, there is no recurrent tumor. The patient had no symptoms.
Discussion: Lipoblastoma is a rare infant tumor with boy tendency.
Another rare localization is reported as the neck, back, mesenteric, retroperitoneum, scrotum. CT scan and MRI can play a role in the possible preoperative assessment to evaluate the extent of the mass.
In this particular localization, it is necessary to exclude any Intra medullar spinal extension. Surgical resection is the optimal treatment.
Conclusion: Lipoblastoma is a rare tumor and has a good prognosis.
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