{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(9)"],"submitter":["Mayfield J"],"pubmed_abstract":["Peritoneal loose bodies (PLBs) have been sparingly documented within the surgical and radiologic literature, with 38 cases reported to date. A 67-year-old male presented to urology for the management of an asymmetric prostatic nodule. Imaging incidentally identified a well-circumscribed mass of low T2 signal intensity with a small fatty core in the left lower quadrant close to the sigmoid colon; malignancy was in the differential. The mass grew slightly over the next year. A diagnostic laparoscopy retrieved a free floating 4 × 4 cm benign mass from the pelvis, identified as necrotic fat with areas of dystrophic calcifications. PLBs are often a diagnostic dilemma without surgical intervention. Here we present a diagnostic algorithm based on a comprehensive literature review and our case to "],"journal":["Radiology case reports"],"pagination":["1506-1511"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7339014"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Peritoneal loose bodies and the differentiation of fatty abdominal and pelvic lesions."],"pmcid":["PMC7339014"],"pubmed_authors":["Mayfield J","Schammel DP","Yurko Y","Schammel C","Devane AM"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Peritoneal loose bodies and the differentiation of fatty abdominal and pelvic lesions.","description":"Peritoneal loose bodies (PLBs) have been sparingly documented within the surgical and radiologic literature, with 38 cases reported to date. A 67-year-old male presented to urology for the management of an asymmetric prostatic nodule. Imaging incidentally identified a well-circumscribed mass of low T2 signal intensity with a small fatty core in the left lower quadrant close to the sigmoid colon; malignancy was in the differential. The mass grew slightly over the next year. A diagnostic laparoscopy retrieved a free floating 4 × 4 cm benign mass from the pelvis, identified as necrotic fat with areas of dystrophic calcifications. PLBs are often a diagnostic dilemma without surgical intervention. Here we present a diagnostic algorithm based on a comprehensive literature review and our case to ","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Sep","modification":"2025-05-29T19:52:43.114Z","creation":"2025-05-29T19:52:43.114Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7339014","cross_references":{"pubmed":["32670450"],"doi":["10.1016/j.radcr.2020.06.040"]}}