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Giant omental lipoma in a 13-year-old adolescent girl
Auwal Mohammed Abubakar1, Ahmad A Mayun, Umaru H Pindiga
1Paediatric Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri 600001, Borno State, Nigeria. walo1ng@yahoo.co.uk
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|December 1, 2009
Abstract:
Although lipoma is a common benign mesenchymal tumor, its occurrence in the omentum is a rare finding. We report an unusual case of omental lipoma in a 13-year-old adolescent girl. The mass was completely excised and weighed 12.3 kg. The patient is alive and well with no evidence of recurrence at 4 months of follow-up.
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