title: Giant omental lipoma in children.
abstract: Lipoma is a rare benign neoplasm of mature fat cells. Asymptomatic abdominal mass, progressive abdominal distension, and intraperitoneal radiolucent fat density mass on computed tomography are the main clinical symptoms and signs. An unusual case is presented in this report. A complete excision was performed on an 11-month-old boy with a giant omental lipoma, and no recurrence was found in the 12-month follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Tianjin Children Hospital, Tianjin 300074, PR China.
authors.forename: Xirong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Wenzhong
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Jianghua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhan
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*