Fig. 17
From: Neoplastic pathology at the crossroads between neck imaging and cardiothoracic imaging
Lipoma. a Sagittal CT image of a companion case demonstrating a low-density lesion (*) measuring between − 65 and − 120 Hounsfield units in the posterior superficial soft tissue of the neck at the level of C7–T1. b Sagittal T1WI MR of the cervical spine shows a hyperintense lesion located between the posterior spinal muscles at the level of the upper thoracic spine (arrow), similar in signal to the subcutaneous fat