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The case of a 67-year-old Japanese woman with leiomyoma arising from the lesser omentum is reported herein. Although the patient had no abdominal symptoms, findings of a routine abdominal ultrasound examination suggested a mass between the stomach and the lateral segment of the liver. Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a 6-cm well-encapsulated tumor in the lesser omentum, and this was confirmed intraoperatively. Resection of the tumor was performed without any other procedure and the histological diagnosis was confirmed as leiomyoma. The patient has been well for the 6 months since her operation. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the English literature of leiomyoma arising from the lesser omentum.
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Ikematsu, Y., Usui, K., Kamohara, Y. et al. Leiomyoma of the lesser omentum: Report of a case. Surg Today 26, 46–48 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311991
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