title: Gastric lipoma: an unusual cause of dyspeptic symptoms.
abstract: Gastric lipomas are rare tumours accounting for 2-3% of all benign gastric tumours. These are usually submucosal in origin but in rare cases may be subserosal in origin. Although a majority of gastric lipomas are asymptomatic and usually detected incidentally, occasionally these can cause abdominal pain, dyspeptic disorders, obstruction, invagination and haemorrhages. In the literature, only 200 cases of gastric lipomas have been reported so far. We report a case of a 56-year-old female with a submucosal symptomatic gastric lipoma presenting with disabling dyspeptic symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
authors.forename: Mukesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nasa
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Vedant Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Choksey
authors.affiliation: LTMGH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Aniruddha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Phadke
authors.affiliation: LTMGH, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Prabha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sawant
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004415:Dyspepsia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology