Lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage secondary to an ileal lipoma protruding into the caecum.
We report the case of a patient with lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage. The cause of the haemorrhage was a lipoma of the terminal ileum that protruded into the caecum. The diagnosis was made endoscopically and radiologically. It was surgically treated with local excision.
Andromanakos
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Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece.
Sioka
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Glinavou
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Kouraklis
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D000368:Aged; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed