title: A case of lipoma of parietal peritoneum causing abdominal pain.
abstract: Lipomas are common benign tumors of mature adipose tissue, enclosed by thin fibrous capsules. They can occur on any part of the body; however, peritoneal lipoma is extremely rare. We encountered a case of a 75-year-old man presenting with intermittent abdominal pain, who had undergone right hemicolectomy due to colon cancer. Abdominal computerized tomography showed a well-defined heterogenous fatty mass measuring 4.5 × 3.5 cm in size, suggesting fat necrosis located in the abdominal wall. Laparotomy showed a very large soft mass of peritoneum. Pathologically, the tumor was diagnosed as lipoma containing fat necrosis located in parietal peritoneum not fixed to any organs, but with small bowel adhesion. Due to its rare etiologic origin and obscure cause of development, we report on a case of lipoma of parietal peritoneum causing abdominal pain.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, 77 Sakju-ro, Chuncheon 200-704, Korea.
authors: Chang Seok
authors: CS
authors: Bang
authors: Yeon Soo
authors: YS
authors: Kim
authors: Gwang Ho
authors: GH
authors: Baik
authors: Sang Hak
authors: SH
authors: Han
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed