Complicated diffuse lipomatosis mimicking ascites.
Lipomatosis is a nonmalignant disease of unknown origin distinguished by overgrowth of nonencapsulated fatty tissue usually in the abdominal and pelvic cavities. Limited cases of complicated mediastino-abdominal lipomatosis have been described in the literature. We present a case of complicated diffuse lipomatosis mimicking ascites in a 65-year-old man.
Secko
Michael
M
Department of Emergency Medicine, Downstate Medical Center/Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Zehtabchi
Shahriar
S
D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed