title: Angiolipoma of the stomach presenting with anaemia.
abstract: Angiolipoma is a morphological variation of the lipoma and is a benign tumour that consists of mature adipose tissue and proliferating blood vessels. It occurs very rarely in the digestive tract, especially the stomach. We report a gastric angiolipoma in a 58-year-old woman admitted for anaemia and melena. Endoscopy showed a large polypoid mass with superficial ulceration in the anterior wall of the gastric antrum. Endoscopic ultrasound showed an about 2 cm sized isoechoic lesion at the third echo layer, with the echogenic portion on the luminal side of the lesion. Laparoscopic wedge resection was performed and histological examination showed that the lesion had encapsulated adipose tissue at the submucosal layer and stromal fibrosis just below superficial ulceration. There were blood vessels with thick walls among the mature fat cells. Therefore, the lesion was diagnosed as an angiolipoma.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University, School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors: Yang Hoon
authors: YH
authors: Nam
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University, School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors: Sung Chul
authors: SC
authors: Park
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University, School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors: Hee Jung
authors: HJ
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University, School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors: Sung Won
authors: SW
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University, School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors: Jaihwan
authors: J
authors: Kim
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University, School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors: Dae Hee
authors: DH
authors: Choi
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University, School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors: Chang Don
authors: CD
authors: Kang
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University, School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors: Sung Joon
authors: SJ
authors: Lee
authors: Department of Pathology, Kangwon National University, School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.
authors: Seungkoo
authors: S
authors: Lee
keywords: anaemia; angiolipoma; stomach
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