title: Torsion of an abdominal-wall pedunculated lipoma: a rare differential diagnosis for right iliac fossa pain.
abstract: Pedunculated lipomas arising from the peritoneal wall are a rare finding during abdominal surgery. These benign tumours of mesenchymal origin can arise anywhere in the body and are usually asymptomatic. We present a case of a torted, pedunculated parietal wall lipoma in the right iliac fossa that gave rise to a clinical diagnosis of appendicitis. To our knowledge, such a case has never been reported in the literature previously. We suggest that torsion of a pedunculated parietal lipoma is a rare differential of acute abdominal pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia.
authors.forename: Daniel Lee John
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Bunker
authors.forename: Victor George
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Ilie
authors.forename: Tushar K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Halder