European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

“BOILED EGG” IN THE PERITONEAL CAVITY -A RARE CASE REPORT OF GIANT PERITONEAL LOOSE BODY

Anisul Islam*, Dipu Bhuyan and Parul Dutta

ABSTRACT

Peritoneal loose bodies (PLBs) are very rare benign intra-abdominal masses that arise from torsed, infarcted epiploic appendages. There have been few reports on peritoneal loose bodies in literature. Here we report a case of a large peritoneal loose body (LPLB) in a 63 year old female which was diagnosed in our institute after radiological and histopathological evaluation. USG, CT and MRI revealed a well circumscribed extra luminal mass lesion with central calcification. Pre-operative diagnosis of the lesion could not be made. However, final diagnosis of the case was confirmed after laparotomy and subsequent histopathological analysis of the specimen.

Keywords: Peritoneal loose body, Benign intra-abdominal mass, Torsed & infarcted epiploic appendages, Extraluminal mass lesion with central calcification.