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Case Reports
. 2018 Oct;74(4):377-379.
doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2017.06.001. Epub 2017 Jul 17.

Giant omental lipoma in an elderly female patient

Debraj Sen  1 , Ritwik Chakrabarti  2 , Madhamshetty Ranjith  3 , Deepika Gulati  4
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Case Reports

Giant omental lipoma in an elderly female patient

Debraj Sen et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2018 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Computerised tomography; Giant; Lipoma; Omentum; Ultrasonography.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Sagittal reformation of CT abdomen reveals a well encapsulated fatty mass (thin white arrows) extending from D10 to S5 vertebral levels and located in the gastrocolic ligament, anterior to the stomach (white asterisk) and transverse colon (1a). Axial CECT image reveals scattered non-enhancing hazy strands within the mass (thin white arrows) as well as engorged vessels located dorsally (thick white arrow). The bowel loops and mesenteric vessels are displaced postero-laterally on the left side (white hatch) (1b).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Intra-operative photograph shows a well-encapsulated mass arising from greater omentum with engorged surface vessels (2a). Gross specimen of the mass shows it to be encapsulated by a glistening membrane with prominent surface vessels (2b). Cut section reveals homogenous fatty yellow contents confirming presence of macroscopic fat (2c). Histopathology shows the tumour to be composed of sheets of mature adipocytes with no nuclear atypia (hematoxylin and eosin, original object magnification × 10) (2d).
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