Giant Mesenteric Lipoma Causing Small Bowel Volvulus: A Case Report

BACKGROUND: A lipoma of the small bowel mesentery is a rare clinical entity. It rarely causes intestinal obstruction mainly due to volvulus. CASE: We report a case of a 25 years old male who presented with acute exacerbation of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Plain abdominal x-ray showed comple...

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Autores principales: Suga, Yisihak, Abdi, Esak, Bekele, Mahteme
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Research and Publications Office of Jimma University 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6689707/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31447527
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejhs.v29i4.15
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: A lipoma of the small bowel mesentery is a rare clinical entity. It rarely causes intestinal obstruction mainly due to volvulus. CASE: We report a case of a 25 years old male who presented with acute exacerbation of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. Plain abdominal x-ray showed complete small bowel obstruction. At laparotomy, there was small bowel volvulus with a big yellow mass as an axis. Enbloc resection and end-to-end ileal anastomosis was done. CONCLUSION: Mesenteric lipoma are rare. They should be considered in cases of long standing abdominal pain.

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