Case Report

A Rare Case of Giant Mesenteric Lipoblastoma in a 6-Year-Old Child and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Review of the English literature.

AuthorYearSexAgeSymptomsSize (cm)PositionSurgeryFollow-upRecurrence

Chung and Enzinger [9]1973F2 yrsn.a.n.a.n.a.Excision mass+23 cm small boweln.a.No
Friedman et al. [10]1981F13 moPalpable massn.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.No
Stringel et al. [11]1982M13 moAbdominal distension, palpable massIleumExcision mass+26 cm small bowel1 yrNo
Jimenez [12]1986M11 moAbdominal distension, palpable massJejunumExcision mass+part small bowel3 yrsNo
Zanetti [13]1988F4 yrsPain, vomiting18n.a.Excision mass+part intestine2 yrsNo
Denath [14]1988F2 yrsAbdominal distensionn.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.No
Prando et al. [15]1990M2 yrsAbdominal distension, palpable massn.a.Excision massn.a.n.a.
Schulman et al. [16]1992M2 yrsAbdominal distension, palpable massn.a.n.a.Excision massn.a.n.a.
Posey et al. [17]1998M10 moAbdominal distension, palpable massIleumExcision mass2 yrsNo
O’Donnell et al. [18]2000F5 moAbdominal distension, diarrheaTransverse colonExcision mass6 moNo
Mo et al. [19]2003F16 moAbdominal distension, palpable massIleumExcision mass+26 cm small boweln.a.n.a.
Al-Salem and Al-Nazer [8]2003M2 yrsObstruction, midgut volvulusIleumExcision massn.a.n.a.
Jung et al. [20]2005M17 mon.a.n.a.n.a.23 moNo
Cudnik et al. [5]2008M3 yrsAbdominal distention, fullness, intermittent painJejunumExcision mass+part small bowel1 yrNo
Yu et al. [7]2009F7 yrsObstruction, midgut volvulusJejunumExcision mass+part small bowel1 moNo
Tang et al. [21]2009M4 yrsIntermittent abdominal painIleocecalExcision mass4 moNo
Jia and Zhang [22]2009M4 yrsn.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.No
Gentimi et al. [4]2011M18 moAbdominal distension, palpable massIleumExcision mass+part small bowel30 moNo
Capasso et al. [23]2014M3 yrsAbdominal pain and vomitingn.a.n.a.Excision massn.a.n.a.
Ghosh et al. [24]2015F14 moPalpable abdominal mass, intestinal obstructionn.a.n.a.Excision massn.a.n.a.
Yang et al. [6]2016n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.n.a.No
Present case2019F6 yrsPostprandial abdominal painIleumExcision mass+part small bowel1 yrNo

n.a.: not available.