Torsion of an Abdominal-Wall Pedunculated Lipoma : A Rare Differential Diagnosis for Right Iliac Fossa Pain

Abstract EN

Pedunculated lipomas arising from the peritoneal wall are a rare finding during abdominal surgery.

These benign tumours of mesenchymal origin can arise anywhere in the body and are usually asymptomatic.

We present a case of a torted, pedunculated parietal wall lipoma in the right iliac fossa that gave rise to a clinical diagnosis of appendicitis.

To our knowledge, such a case has never been reported in the literature previously.

We suggest that torsion of a pedunculated parietal lipoma is a rare differential of acute abdominal pain.