Giant omental lipoma in a 13-year-old adolescent girl.
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.
Abubakar
Auwal Mohammed
AM
Paediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri 600001, Borno State, Nigeria. walo1ng@yahoo.co.uk
Mayun
Ahmad A
AA
Pindiga
Umaru H
UH
Chinda
John Y
JY
Adamu
Sani A
SA
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*