[Ileocolic invagination caused by ileal lipoma simulating cancer of the cecum. Description of a clinical case].
The authors describe the diagnostic difficulties that occurred during the study of a patient affected by a small bowel lipoma with ileo-colic intussusception, and operated for suspicion of colic neoplasm. The report suggests some evaluations about the reliability diagnostic techniques in the study of the small bowel.
Adorni
A
A
Clinica Chirurgica Generale e dei Trapianti d'Organo, Università degli Studi di Parma.
Capocasale
E
E
Malchiodi
G
G
D000368:Aged; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male
Invaginazione ileocolica di lipoma ileale simulante un cancro del cieco. Descrizione di un caso clinico.