Lipoma of the greater omentum in a child

Vidmantas Barauskas, Dalius Malcius, Violeta Jazdauskienė

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Lithuania

Key words: lipoma, greater omentum.

Summary. Lipoma of the greater omentum is observed very rarely, particularly in the childhood. We report a case of large 10×11×8 cm asymptomatic lipoma of the greater omentum, which was diagnosed incidentally. Well-encapsulated mass with a homogeneous internal structure and high echogenicity – these signs of ultrasound and computed tomography allowed us to suggest a lipoma. At laparotomy lipoma of greater omentum in torsion was found. The excision of the tumor and omentectomy was performed. The histopathological diagnosis was lipoma with focal necrosis areas.

Correspondence to V. Barauskas, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kaunas University of Medicine Hospital, Eivenių 2, Kaunas 50010, Lithuania. E-mail: pedsurg@kmu.lt

Received 26 April 2004, accepted 2 June 2004