A Case of Pelvic Lipomatosis / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

Pelvic lipomatosis is a very rare condition in which a proliferative process involving the mature fat of the pelvic retroperitoneal space. An X-ray in such cases is characteristic and shows radiolucency of the soft pelvic tissue and bladder is displaced upward and has a gourd-like or inverted tear-drop appearance. In Korea, there is no previous report. Herein we report a case of pelvic lipomatosis and the literatures are reviewed.