title: Small bowel volvulus due to giant mesenteric lipoma.
abstract: We report on a 14-year-old girl with acute intestinal obstruction due to volvulus of the small bowel caused by a giant mesenteric lipoma. To the best of our knowledge, this presentation of a mesenteric lipoma is unknown in the previous paediatric literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cherian
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Broderick
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Zaitoun
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kapila
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D008643:Mesentery / Q000601:surgery; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery