Retroperitoneal lipoma, a rare cause of pelvic mass in women

• Main Authors: Maliheh Arab (Author), Somayyeh Noei Teymoordash (Author), Maryam Talayeh (Author), Abdolali Ebrahimi (Author), Niloofar Nakhlian (Author), Narges Khatoon Tabatabaei Shoja (Author), Masoomeh Raoufi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Lipoma is a benign mesenchymal tumor of soft tissue that occurs in almost all parts of the body where fat normally exists. Retroperitoneal lipomas are very infrequent condition with about 20 cases represented in the literature since 1980. They usually present as an abdominal mass or with...