A case of pelvic lipomatosis / 대한비뇨기과학회지

ABSTRACT

Pelvic lipomatosis is a condition characterized by a nonmalignant overgrowth of normal fat in the perirectal and perivesical spaces in the pelvis which may be to occur obstructive uropathy. On cystography the full bladder has an abnormal shape as a gourd, banana, pear or inverted tear-drop. Compulerized tomography shows the bladder and rectosigmoid surrounded and displaced by homogeneous tissue with a low attenuation coefficient and the CT features provide diagnostic proof or pelvic lipomatosis. We present a case of pelvic Lipomatosis.