title: Clinical evaluation of submucosal colonic lipomas: decision making.
abstract: Even lipomas are the most common mesenchymal benign tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, symptomatic colonic presentation is rare. Herein, we evaluated four patients suffering from various size of colonic lipomas and approached by different therapeutic modalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Kozlu-Zonguldak 67600, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oge
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tascilar
authors.forename: Güldeniz Karadeniz
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Cakmak
authors.forename: Banu Dogan
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Gün
authors.forename: Bülent Hamdi
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Uçan
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Balbaloglu
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cesur
authors.forename: Ali Ugur
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Emre
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Comert
authors.forename: Lütfü Oktay
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Selim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aydemir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods