Volume : III, Issue : III, March - 2014

An Interesting Intestinal Lipoma Case

Dr. Reeta Dhar, Dr. Shilpi Sahu, Dr. Arnav Kr. Roychoudhury

Abstract :

Lipomas are rare, but well-recognized tumours of the small and large intestines. Twenty to 25 % of all digestive tract lipomas occur in small intestine, being second in frequency to those of colon (65-75 %). Lipomas are benign intramucosal tumours originating from mature lipocytes. They are generally identified during endoscopy and colonoscopy. While they may be seen in any segment of the gastrointestinal tract, they are observed more frequently in the distal ileum and ileocecal valve. Large lesions cause intestinal obstruction by mass effect, submucosal lipoma is reported to cause bleedings by inducing ulcerations in the mucosal surface. Asymptomatic lipomas are not necessarily removed. The treatment of symptomatic cases is surgical resection. We present herein a case that was referred for the surgery due to intussusception in the descending sigmoid colon and was subsequently diagnosed histologically with infected lipoma following surgical resection.

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Dr. Reeta Dhar, Dr. Shilpi Sahu, Dr. Arnav Kr. Roychoudhury An Interesting Intestinal Lipoma Case International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue.III March 2014

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