• J. Pediatr. Surg. · Apr 2005

    Case Reports

    Giant omental lipoma in children.

    • Xirong Luo, Wenzhong Gao, and Jianghua Zhan.
    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tianjin Children Hospital, Tianjin 300074, PR China.
    • J. Pediatr. Surg. 2005 Apr 1; 40 (4): 734-6.

    AbstractLipoma is a rare benign neoplasm of mature fat cells. Asymptomatic abdominal mass, progressive abdominal distension, and intraperitoneal radiolucent fat density mass on computed tomography are the main clinical symptoms and signs. An unusual case is presented in this report. A complete excision was performed on an 11-month-old boy with a giant omental lipoma, and no recurrence was found in the 12-month follow-up.

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