[Acute abdomen secondary to intra-abdominal hibernoma].
The hibernoma is a rare benign tumor derived of embrionary fat seen in adult, which is usually localized in scapular and interscapular region. It express as a slowing growth bulk without symptoms. The authors present a 2 years old boy with acute abdomen requiring urgent laparotomy, that shows a tumor connected to mesocolon by a vascular pedicle that had undergone torsion. No other similar case published been found. The treatment is surgical resection although recurrences have been reported due to incomplete resection.
Sanjuán Rodríguez
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Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Universitario Materno-Infantil, Avda. Damián Téllez Lafuente s/n. 06010 Badajoz.
Santamaría Ossorio
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male