Macrodactylia fibrolipomatosis presenting as a small bowel obstruction.
A patient presented with progressive abdominal distention, discomfort, nausea, vomiting, and constipation. The patient also had congenital macrodactyly of the third, fourth, and fifth digits of the left hand. He [corrected] was diagnosed with macrodactylia fibrolipomatosis with multiple small bowel lipomas and complete small bowel obstruction. Macrodactylia fibrolipomatosis is a rare condition characterized by benign fibrofatty infiltration involving the soft tissues of the distal arm or leg with associated dactylomegaly of the associated digits. This patient had a rare presentation that included extensive small bowel lipomatosis.
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. sonya.kenkare@gmail.com
Sonya
S
Kenkare
Bujji
B
Ainapurapu
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed