title: Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI Bleeding.
abstract: Although lipomas are encapsulated benign tumors, systemic lipomatosis defines infiltrative nonencapsulated tumors resembling normal adipose tissue. Abdominal lipomatosis and intestinal lipomatosis are different clinicopathological entities with similar clinical symptoms. We describe here a case presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding from eroded submucosal lipoma at duodenum secondary to intestinal lipomatosis and abdominal lipomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yilmaz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bilgic
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan Baki
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Altinsoy
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nezahat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozkan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Alatas
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burhan Hakan
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Kanat
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdurrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sahin