Mesenteric Lipoma with Volvulus: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in a Child

• DOI: 10.29271/jcpsp.2020.06.650
• Publication Date: 2020-07-24T06:57:53Z
• Authors: Hamza Malik; Bilal Mirza; Nabila Talat; Waseem Muhammad Zia; Anum Manzoor
• Keywords: Acute abdomen

Lipoma is benign tumor of mature fat cells and reported to develop anywhere in the body, e.g.trunk extremities; however, lipoma mesentery gut rare, particularly children.Mesenteric lipomas may be asymptomatic or present with acute abdomen by leading volvulus gut.We report a 6-year female intestinal obstruction.Exploratory laparotomy revealed large mesenteric small bowel causing ileum.Lipoma was excised postoperative recovery remained uneventful both hospital on subsequent follow up.We believe should considered as cause differential diagnosis children.