title: Atypical diffuse lipomatosis with multifocal abdominal involvement: a case report.
abstract: We present the case of an 8-year-old child with diffuse lipomatosis simultaneously involving the intra-peritoneum, retro-peritoneum and abdominal wall. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of diffuse lipomatosis with simultaneous multi-focal involvement of the entire abdomen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chung-Ang University Hospital, 224-1, Heuksuk-dong, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 156-755, Republic of Korea. hkkiim@cau.ac.kr
authors.forename: Han Koo
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jun Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Woo Seob
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae Hui
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Bae
mesh_terms: D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed