Peritoneal Lipomatosis: A Case Report of a 12-Year-Old Boy
Peritoneal lipomatosis is a rare disease in childhood with only two cases previously described in children. We report a further case of a 12-year-old boy diagnosed with peritoneal lipomatosis. His main symptoms were abdominal pain, alternating bowel habit, abdominal distension, and melaena. His diag...
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| description | Peritoneal lipomatosis is a rare disease in childhood with only two cases previously described in children. We report a further case of a 12-year-old boy diagnosed with peritoneal lipomatosis. His main symptoms were abdominal pain, alternating bowel habit, abdominal distension, and melaena. His diagnostic work up included an abdominal MRI, wireless capsule endoscopy and single-balloon enteroscopy. Peritoneal lipomatosis although rare can be diagnosed in childhood. It is a benign clinical entity with variable manifestations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f998974a459f4686820887d4155637b92025-02-03T06:06:22ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362013-01-01201310.1155/2013/496419496419Peritoneal Lipomatosis: A Case Report of a 12-Year-Old BoyL. Fotis0J. Koglmeier1N. Shah2Department of Pediatrics, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Athens, GreecePaediatric Gastroenterology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UKPaediatric Gastroenterology Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UKPeritoneal lipomatosis is a rare disease in childhood with only two cases previously described in children. We report a further case of a 12-year-old boy diagnosed with peritoneal lipomatosis. His main symptoms were abdominal pain, alternating bowel habit, abdominal distension, and melaena. His diagnostic work up included an abdominal MRI, wireless capsule endoscopy and single-balloon enteroscopy. Peritoneal lipomatosis although rare can be diagnosed in childhood. It is a benign clinical entity with variable manifestations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/496419 |
| spellingShingle | L. Fotis J. Koglmeier N. Shah Peritoneal Lipomatosis: A Case Report of a 12-Year-Old Boy Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Peritoneal Lipomatosis: A Case Report of a 12-Year-Old Boy |
| title_full | Peritoneal Lipomatosis: A Case Report of a 12-Year-Old Boy |
| title_fullStr | Peritoneal Lipomatosis: A Case Report of a 12-Year-Old Boy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Peritoneal Lipomatosis: A Case Report of a 12-Year-Old Boy |
| title_short | Peritoneal Lipomatosis: A Case Report of a 12-Year-Old Boy |
| title_sort | peritoneal lipomatosis a case report of a 12 year old boy |
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