title: [Torsion of a preperitoneal pedunculated lipoma of anterior abdominal wall mimicking acute appendicitis].
abstract: Lipoma is the most common benign tumor of adipose tissue. Lipomas can occur almost anywhere in the body, but are rarely found in parietal peritoneum of abdominal wall. Occasionally lipomas are detected incidentally during abdominal surgery for other organ pathologies. Presently described is rare case of torsion of pedunculated lipoma originating in parietal peritoneum of anterior abdominal wall causing abdominal pain that mimicked acute appendicitis in 35-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey. draliozemir@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: İbrahim Ali
authors.initials: İA
authors.lastname: Özemir
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey.
authors.forename: Kıvılcım
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Orhun
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey.
authors.forename: Çağrı
authors.initials: Ç
authors.lastname: Bilgiç
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey.
authors.forename: Tunç
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey.
authors.forename: Barış
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bayraktar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Trainig and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey.
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zemheri
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey.
authors.forename: Özgür
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Ekinci
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey.
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alimoğlu
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000175:diagnosis