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Laparoscopic resection for torsion of an omental lipoma presenting as an acute abdomen in a 5-year-old girl

Primary tumors of the greater omentum are rare. We report a case of a 5-year-old girl presenting with an acute abdomen who had omental torsion caused by a giant lipoma of the greater omentum, which was diagnosed by a computed tomography scan. Laparoscopy revealed a yellow tumor of the greater omentu...

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Autores principales: Kinjo, Yousuke, Adachi, Yasushi, Seki, Kunihiko, Tsubono, Michihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4102875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25037302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju072