Symptomatic Preperitoneal Lipoma Resected via Preperitoneal Approach: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Willem Pype Rajesh Sisodiya Sebastiaan Van Cauwenberge

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Willem Pype
Department of General, Vascular and Pediatric Surgery AZ Sint-Jan Brugge, Belgium

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Introduction: Lipomas are benign adipose tissue tumors that can vary in size and location. Magnetic resonance images should be obtained for all soft-tissue masses that are deep to fascia or those >5 cm in subcutaneous tissue. In this case report, we present a minimal invasive technique to resect a large preperitoneal lipoma. Case Presentation: A 36-year-old woman presenting with left fossa pain caused by a large mass. MRI-imaging shows a large preperitoneal lipomatous lesion (61 × 58 × 40 mm) which compresses the bladder, tuba and surrounding vessels. We did a minimally invasive preperitoneal laparoscopic surgical resection. Postoperative follow-up was uneventful. The pathology report confirmed benign lipoma without signs of malignancy. Discussion: Preperitoneal lipomas should be considered in the diagnosis of lower abdominal pain and can be minimally invasive resected via preperitoneal laparoscopic approach in day clinic.

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Case Report and Review of the Literature

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Received: Wed 15, Nov 2023
Accepted: Mon 11, Dec 2023
Published: Mon 15, Jan 2024

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© 2023 Willem Pype. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2023.06.03