Spontaneous expulsion per rectum of an ileal lipoma.
We report a case of spontaneous expulsion of a lipoma in a 32 year old male patient who presented with recurrent attacks of subacute intestinal obstruction. During one such episode the patient developed unusually severe abdominal pain and expelled a fleshy mass per rectum which, on histopathology, was found to be a lipoma attached to a necrosed portion of the small intestine. The pain disappeared immediately; a subsequent barium meal examination revealed normal appearances and the patient has remained completely symptom free 10 months after the incident.
Misra
S P
SP
Department of Gastroenterology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Singh
S K
SK
Thorat
V K
VK
Gulati
P
P
Malhotra
V
V
Anand
B S
BS
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007080:Ileocecal Valve; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D012007:Rectum