Angiolipoma of the colon with right lower quadrant abdominal pain.
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.
Kato
K
K
2nd Department of Surgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan. kato@asahiawa-med.ac.jp
Matsuda
M
M
Onodera
K
K
Sakata
H
H
Kobayashi
T
T
Kasai
S
S
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