[Difficulties in diagnosis and surgical treatment of a giant retroperitoneal lipoma].
Primary retroperitoneal tumors are relatively rare and the histological characters vary. We present the case of a retroperitoneal lipoma in a 51-year-old male patient, whose main complain was enlarging of the abdomen in the last 2 months. The CT of the abdomen and pelvis revealed a giant retroperitoneal tumor. The patient suffered a surgical intervention that revealed a giant retroperitoneal tumor, 40/35 cm, weighting 14 Kg. The pathology exam established the diagnosis: retroperitoneal lipoma with areas of necrosis and lipogranulomatosis. The postoperative evolution was simple.
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Clinica de Chirurgie Generală şi Esofagiană, Spitalul Clinic "Sf. Maria", UMF "Carol Davila", Bucureşti. silviuconstantinoiu@yahoo.com
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D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome