Torsion of intra-abdominal lipoma--a rare cause of recurrent or acute abdominal pain. Case report.
Torsion of an intra-abdominal lipoma is a rare cause of abdominal pain. Two cases are presented--a 21-year-old woman with episodic abdominal pain for 3 years, and a 28-year-old woman with abdominal pain for 4 days before admission to hospital for mechanical small-bowel obstruction.
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Department of Surgery, Lillehammer County Hospital, Norway.
Naess
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D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D014102:Torsion Abnormality