title: Lipoma of the omentum in a child.
abstract: A solitary giant lipoma of the omentum and gastrocolic ligament in an 8-year-old boy is reported. The patient had a large abdominal mass and signs of partial intestinal obstruction. Radiographs showed the characteristic radiolucency of a fatty mass, excluding a mesenteric cyst.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008639:Mesenteric Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009852:Omentum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography