title: [Primary lipoma of the liver].
abstract: A case of lipoma of the liver is reported in a 57-year-old woman with a 10-month history of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and 3 days with abdominal pain, distention, nausea, and vomiting. On medical examination, the liver was palpable 5 cm below the right costal margin without splenomegaly or ascites. A CT scan revealed a well-defined fat attenuation tumor and an MR demonstrated a well-circumscribed lesion with bright signal intensity. An extended right hepatic lobectomy was performed. The resected specimen measured 28.6 x 18.3 x 8.2 cm and weighed 2,200 g. The yellow and well-circumscribed tumor measured 15 x 9.5 cm and was composed of mature adipose cells pushing the liver tissue at the periphery. The patient was asymptomatic 6 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Departamentos de Patología, Radiología, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Col. Tlalpan 14000, México, D.F.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bornstein-Quevedo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Avilés-Salas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laguna
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mercado
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gamboa-Domínguez
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications