CT OF GIANT MESENTERIC LIPOMA: A case report
Abstract
Mesenteric lipoma is a benign tumor of mature fat cells which is extremely rare and very few cases have been reported in children. Asymptomatic abdominal mass, progressive abdominal distention and intraperitoneal fat density mass on computed tomography are the main diagnostic criteria.Differential diagnosis is lipoblastoma.As an unusual case,a 3-year-old boy with a giant mesenteric lipoma is presented in this report.
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