Open AccessPrimary Mesenteric Lipoma Causing Closed Loop Bowel Obstruction: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Wong HeongIeng,
Chen ChiaoYun,
Liu GinChung
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/s1607-551x(09)70291-8
Subject(s) - medicine , lipoma , bowel obstruction , volvulus , computed tomography , radiology , surgery , general surgery
Primary mesenteric lipoma is rare, with fewer than 50 cases described in English‐language literature, and those causing bowel obstructions are even more uncommon. The long stalk of the lipoma that caused secondary volvulus and rapid ischemic change in our patient is worth reporting because of its rarity and distinctive picture in emergency abdominal computed tomography.