1 Jul 2006Case Report
Laparoscopic treatment of a solitary fibrous tumour of the greater omentum presenting as spontaneous haemoperitoneum
Alberto Patriti 1Fabio Rondelli 1Nino Gullà 1Annibale Donini 1
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1 Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche - Sezione di Chirurgia Generale e d’Urgenza, Università degli Studi di Perugia
Ann. Ital. Chir., 2006, 77(4), 351-353;
Published: 1 Jul 2006
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Abstract
A 24-year-old man was admitted at the emergency department with a lower quadrant abdominal pain and a slight hypoglycaemia. Abdominal ultrasonography showed the presence of a fluid peritoneal collection and a 3.2 x 2.5 cm hypoisoechogenic mass closed to the left iliac vessels with an echo-color-Doppler pattern similar to that of a hamartoma. CT examination confirmed the hypothesis of a vascular tumour. Although an abdominal angiography added no new information to establish a preoperative diagnosis, it showed a well vascularized mass. The patient underwent laparoscopy that revealed a bleeding mass of the great omentum. Laparoscopic stapled resection of the greater omentum was carried out. The solid lesion consisted of spindle-shaped cells, but no atypical cells were observed. The histological findings were diagnostic of a benign solitary fibrous tumor, an extremely rare neoplasm for a long time considered to be an exclusively thoracic lesion. This is the first case of a solitary fibrous tumor presenting as haemoperitoneum and the first time it was removed laparoscopically. The patient is disease-free at the 2-year follow-up.
Keywords
- Greater omentum
- Haemoperitoneum
- Laparoscopy
- Solitary fibrous tumour
- Surgery