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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.
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Publication history
Accepted:
July 8,
1988
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© 1988 Published by Elsevier Inc.
