title: Spontaneous expulsion per rectum of an ileal lipoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Thorat
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Anand
mesh_terms: 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