title: A 20-year-old man with large gastric lipoma--imaging, clinical symptoms, pathological findings and surgical treatment.
abstract: A broad search of the available literature yielded no other report of gastric lipoma of that size (13.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm) at this early age. The patient (a 20-year-old man with giant lipoma in the anterior gastric wall) presented with haematemesis and melena after excessive alcohol consumption. Gastric resection was performed. At 5-year follow up the patient is healthy and doing well. Epidemiology of gastric lipoma, the differential diagnosis, means of diagnosis and treatment are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece. kastegepe@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Stylianos
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapetanakis
authors.forename: Jiannis
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Papathanasiou
authors.forename: Aliki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fiska
authors.forename: Athanasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ververidis
authors.forename: Thespis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dimitriou
authors.forename: Zheliazko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hristov
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paskalev
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*