A 58-Year-Old Woman with Acute Torsion of the Small Bowel Due to Diffuse Intestinal Lipomatosis

Wenfei Liu; Tianyu Zhou; Xiaoying Zhu; Jianlin Wu; Jing Yu; Qing Zhang

doi:10.12659/AJCR.942527

23 March 2024 : Case report China (mainland)

A 58-Year-Old Woman with Acute Torsion of the Small Bowel Due to Diffuse Intestinal Lipomatosis

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Wenfei Liu^1ABCEF, Tianyu Zhou^1ABCEF, Xiaoying Zhu^1EF, Jianlin Wu^1EG, Jing Yu^2EG*, Qing Zhang^1EG

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.942527

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e942527

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Figure 4. A photomicrograph of the histopathology of the small bowel from a 58-year-old woman with diffuse intestinal lipomatosis. The submucosal muscle is replaced by benign mature adipose tissue that has an infiltrative pattern but shows no evidence of malignancy. The histopathology is diagnostic for intestinal lipomatosis. Hematoxylin and eosin staining; magnification ×4.

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A 58-Year-Old Woman with Acute Torsion of the Small Bowel Due to Diffuse Intestinal Lipomatosis

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