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Giant Retroperitoneal Lipoma in an Infant

Retroperitoneal lipomas have remained the essentially rare tumors seen in clinical practice. The tumors are rarer in children, with very few reported cases in surgical literature worldwide. We are reporting the case of a six-month-old child who presented with a giant retroperitoneal lipoma that was...

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Autores principales: Mohammad, A. M., Yakubu, A. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22091329
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.63722
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description Retroperitoneal lipomas have remained the essentially rare tumors seen in clinical practice. The tumors are rarer in children, with very few reported cases in surgical literature worldwide. We are reporting the case of a six-month-old child who presented with a giant retroperitoneal lipoma that was successfully managed by complete excision. There has been no recurrence noticed during follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-32144892011-11-16 Giant Retroperitoneal Lipoma in an Infant Mohammad, A. M. Yakubu, A. A. J Surg Tech Case Rep Case Report Retroperitoneal lipomas have remained the essentially rare tumors seen in clinical practice. The tumors are rarer in children, with very few reported cases in surgical literature worldwide. We are reporting the case of a six-month-old child who presented with a giant retroperitoneal lipoma that was successfully managed by complete excision. There has been no recurrence noticed during follow-up. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3214489/ /pubmed/22091329 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.63722 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Giant Retroperitoneal Lipoma in an Infant
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title_fullStr Giant Retroperitoneal Lipoma in an Infant
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title_short Giant Retroperitoneal Lipoma in an Infant
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22091329
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