title: Angiolipoma of the colon with right lower quadrant abdominal pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  An angiolipoma is a common benign neoplasm with a characteristic vascular component that occurs in the subcutaneous tissue and rarely in the gastrointestinal tract. We report on a 69-year-old man with a submucosal angiolipoma in the cecum.
  
  
  METHODS
  This patient was treated with a laparoscopy-assisted ileocecostomy, and a side-to-side anastomosis was performed extracorporeally.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A light microscopic study supported the diagnosis of an angiolipoma of the colon. After 5 years of follow-up, the patient has no symptoms or signs of recurrence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The colonic angiolipoma was successfully removed using a minimally invasive laparoscopic technique.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan. kato@asahiawa-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Onodera
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kasai
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D018206:Angiolipoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male