title: A case of giant lipoma causing chronic recurrent intussusception of the colon.
abstract: Colonic lipomas, which often occur in elderly women, usually have small size and occur mainly in the cecum and ascending colon. Most colonic lipomas are asymptomatic and identified incidentally at the time of endoscopy or surgery. However, they may cause symptoms such as bleeding, obstruction or intussusception as their size increases. Intermittent episodes of intussusception are uncommon but may be caused by large pedunculated lipoma. In a 68-year-old woman suffering intermittent abdominal pain, 5.5×4.5×3.8-cm huge mass was found by colonoscopy at proximal ascending colon, which was intussuscepted to proximal transverse colon on abdominal computed tomography. Segmental right colonic resection was conducted. We report a case of symptomatic giant pedunculated colonic lipoma causing intussusception requiring surgical intervention, with a successful recovery after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Chang Seob
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Mi Jin
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyoung Lee
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yeon Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Gwang Ho
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Baik
authors.forename: Jin Bong
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong Joon
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Hak
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Han