title: [Jejunal volvulus secondary to torsion of a pedunculated subserosal lipoma: CT diagnosis of a rare cause of bowel obstruction].
abstract: The authors report a case of a bowel obstruction secondary to jejunal volvulus in relation with the torsion of a large pedunculated subserosal lipoma. To our knowledge, no such case has ever been reported. The differential diagnosis of intra-abdominal fatty tumors and differential diagnosis of such tumors in association with small bowel obstruction will be discussed. Small bowel volvulus secondary to torsion of a subserosal lipoma should be considered when CT shows a large encapsulated fatty tumor in a patient with suggestion of mechanical small bowel obstruction.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Maroc, France. mahi.m@caramail.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barbier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aiouaz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Denny
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ravey
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014102:Torsion Abnormality