title: Colonic lipomas at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
abstract: Lipomas of the colon are uncommon but cause diagnostic difficulty when they are symptomatic. The clinical and pathological features of 17 cases of colonic lipomas diagnosed at the University Hospital of the West Indies between 1970 and 1999 are reported. Ten cases were symptomatic, two of these being diagnosed with adult intussusception. Six patients had incidental lipomas in bowel resected for other pathology while one lipoma was diagnosed on sigmoidoscopy. Increased awareness of these lesions will enhance pre-operative diagnostic accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Radiology, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Pathology, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica. digmitchell@mail.infochan.com
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Royes
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hanchard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D014900:West Indies / Q000453:epidemiology