Introduction
Lipomas are benign lesions of adipose tissue. Intraosseous lipomas are
rare entities, accounting for less than 0.1% cases of all primary bone
tumors.1 They can occur anywhere in the skeleton; the
common location being the lower limbs including the calcaneum. Some
cases of intraosseous lipomas are asymptomatic which are detected
incidentally on radiographs performed for evaluation of some other
disorders while others may have symptoms like heel pain. These lesions
are frequently misdiagnosed for other conditions. Diagnosis with a plain
radiograph alone may be difficult and the use of computed tomography
(CT) scan and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can easily confirm the
condition. We present a case of an incidental intraosseous lipoma
diagnosed by a CT scan in a 36-year-old male.