title: Giant omental lipoma in a 13-year-old adolescent girl.
abstract: Although lipoma is a common benign mesenchymal tumor, its occurrence in the omentum is a rare finding. We report an unusual case of omental lipoma in a 13-year-old adolescent girl. The mass was completely excised and weighed 12.3 kg. The patient is alive and well with no evidence of recurrence at 4 months of follow-up.
authors: Paediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri 600001, Borno State, Nigeria. walo1ng@yahoo.co.uk
authors: Auwal Mohammed
authors: AM
authors: Abubakar
authors: Ahmad A
authors: AA
authors: Mayun
authors: Umaru H
authors: UH
authors: Pindiga
authors: John Y
authors: JY
authors: Chinda
authors: Sani A
authors: SA
authors: Adamu
mesh_terms: D017667:Adipocytes / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009852:Omentum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*