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Case Reports
. 2004 Dec;20(11-12):869-71.
doi: 10.1007/s00383-003-1111-5. Epub 2004 Jun 16.

Small bowel volvulus due to giant mesenteric lipoma

A Cherian  1 , S J Singh, N Broderick, A M Zaitoun, L Kapila
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Case Reports

Small bowel volvulus due to giant mesenteric lipoma

A Cherian et al. Pediatr Surg Int. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

We report on a 14-year-old girl with acute intestinal obstruction due to volvulus of the small bowel caused by a giant mesenteric lipoma. To the best of our knowledge, this presentation of a mesenteric lipoma is unknown in the previous paediatric literature.

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