| Literature DB >> 18358964 |
Michael Secko1, Shahriar Zehtabchi.
Abstract
Lipomatosis is a nonmalignant disease of unknown origin distinguished by overgrowth of nonencapsulated fatty tissue usually in the abdominal and pelvic cavities. Limited cases of complicated mediastino-abdominal lipomatosis have been described in the literature. We present a case of complicated diffuse lipomatosis mimicking ascites in a 65-year-old man.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18358964 DOI： 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.05.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Emerg Med ISSN： 0735-6757 Impact factor: 2.469