[Intestinal occlusion due to a giant lipoma of the cecum].
Lipomas of the colon are localised in 90% of cases at submucous level, they are usually solitary and may be sessile or pedunculated. They are almost always asymptomatic; only when they are of a certain size they become manifest, causing alterations of the alveus, rectorrhagia, abdominal pain or intestinal transit alteration. They are often discovered by chance during endoscopic or radiological examination.
Balducci
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Istituto di I Clinica Chirurgica, Universtà degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma.
Bocchetti
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T
Petrocca
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S
Meli
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L
D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male