Abnormal fat collections in the omentum and mesocolon of children.
Two cases of abnormal collection of fat in the abdomen are reported. One involved the omentum, the other involved the mesocolon. Both patients had few symptoms with strikingly similar radiological findings of increased radiolucency due to fat surrounding the small bowel.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008646:Mesocolon / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009852:Omentum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology