Renal lipomatosis was diagnosed in a kidney transplant recipient who presented with acute kidney injury (AKI) several years after transplantation. The patient had an odd-looking kidney transplant on ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) scan, showing a medullary mass with resultant compression of the surrounding renal parenchyma. A biopsy of the renal medulla confirmed fatty infiltration of t...

Pelvic lipomatosis is defined as a condition characterized by the diffuse proliferation of normal mature fatty tissue in the perirectal and perivesical region. We present a rare case of 50 years male, normotensive, normoglycemic and low BMI with progressive LUTS (lower urinary tract symptoms) over the last 10 years and episodes of ureteric colic spontaneously relieved by stone passage. The diag...

Madelung's disease, or multiple symmetric lipomatosis, is a rare disease, characterized by accumulation of unencapsulated fat, generally located symmetrically around the neck and shoulders. Here, we present the case of a patient with diffuse lipomatosis accompanied by obstructive sleep apnea due to cervical involvement and facial deformity, which made it necessary to use nasal pillows for venti...

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan Department of Surgery, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Tai...

BACKGROUND Facial infiltrating lipomatosis is a nonheritable disorder characterized by hemifacial soft-tissue and skeletal overgrowth, precocious dental development, macrodontia, hemimacroglossia, and mucosal neuromas. The authors tested the hypothesis that this condition is caused by a somatic mutation in the phosphatidylinositide-3 kinase (PI3K) signaling pathway, which has been indicted in o...

by intestinal lipomatosis: double-balloon endoscopic and laparoscopic views A 52-year-oldwhitemanwithout co-morbidities presented with a 6-year history of recurrent abdominal pain and episodes of melena twice a week for the past year. He was started on oral iron sulfate supplements and had already received a blood transfusion. Findings from physical examination were normal. The hemoglobin level...

Introduction. Developing a tissue-engineered pancreatic construct (TEPC) involves search for matrices/scaffolds capable of mimicking the structure and composition natural extracellular matrix (ECM), which is an important component tissue microenvironment. A cell-free, tissue-specific obtained from pancreas decellularization seems to be most suitable creation TEPC. The choice protocol should tak...