Advances in Pediatric Research
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Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Publications

• Case Report   
  A 2-Year-Old with an Enormous Abdominal Lipoblastoma: A Case Report and a Literature Review
  Author(s): Naseem Fahad*, Miguel Abboud, Rana Zareef, Samir Akel, Mustafa Natout and Rayyan Sakr
  
  Lipoblastoma is a rare, encapsulated tumor that originates from the embryonal fat tissue. Intraabdominal lipoblastoma is less commonly encountered, accounting for less than 10% of all Lipoblastomas. These tumours exhibit excellent long-term prognosis and gross total resection remains the mainstay treatment. Here we present a 2 year old girl with extraordinary 1,505 gram abdominal Lipoblastoma who initially presented with a painless abdominal distention. The patient was successfully treated with gross total resection... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2385-4529.22.9.040

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