Computed tomography diagnosis of macrodystrophia lipomatosa

Abstract

Isolated congenital macrodactyly, termed macrodystrophia lipomatosa, is a rare entity. It may be confused with plexiform neurofibroma, hemangioma, or lymphangioma. Computed tomography provides an ideal methodology to verify the fatty proliferation of soft tissue that accompanies bone overgowth and distinguishes this lesion from the others in the differential list.