Symptomatic intestinal lipomas requiring surgical interventions secondary to ileal intussusception and colonic obstruction: report of two cases.
Lipomas are rare but well-recognized tumours of the small and large intestines. They usually arise from the submucosa and may occasionally protrude into the lumen, thus causing abdominal pain resulting from obstruction or intussusception or they may become evident through haemorrhage. Intestinal lipomas should be removed either endoscopically or surgically because they can cause severe symptoms and usually a tissue diagnosis is indicated in intestinal tumours to exclude a malignancy. We describe two cases of symptomatic intestinal lipoma and review some aspects of diagnosis and treatment.
Atila
Koray
K
Department of General Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey. katila@deu.edu.tr
Terzi
Cem
C
Obuz
Funda
F
Yilmaz
Tuğbahan
T
Füzün
Mehmet
M
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007443:Intussusception / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed