title: Giant rectal lipoma.
abstract: Colonic lipomas are rare benign tumors usually occurring in the ascending colon. We present here a case of giant rectal lipoma measuring 11.5 cm in size with review of the literature. To the best of our knowledge, colonic lipoma exceeding 8.5 cm in size has not been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Richa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: Atin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Virender
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bansal
mesh_terms: D003113:Colonoscopy; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media