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Geetha Nallamothu, MD1 and Douglas G. Adler, MD1,2 Large Colonic Lipomas, Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2011 July; 7(7): 490-492.

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Giant Sigmoid Lipoma with Bowel Intussusception

1Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of North Dakota, Sanford Hospital, Fargo, USA

2Methodist Health System, Dallas, USA

3Carribbean Medical School, Chicago, USA


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015, Vol. 3 No. 7, 216-217
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-3-7-9
Copyright © 2015 Science and Education Publishing

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Lakshmi Kant Pathak, Chirag Chavda, Vimala Vijayaraghavan. Giant Sigmoid Lipoma with Bowel Intussusception. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2015; 3(7):216-217. doi: 10.12691/ajmcr-3-7-9.

Correspondence to: Lakshmi  Kant Pathak, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of North Dakota, Sanford Hospital, Fargo, USA. Email: drpathaklk@gmail.com

Abstract

Colonic lipomas are rare mesenchymal tumors that are usually asymptomatic but occasionally can cause acute presentation with GI bleed and intussusception in adults. There overall incidence of this complication is less than 1 %. Most are less than 5 cm and the largest reported in literature is of 10 cm .This case reports a giant colonic lipoma measuring 10x8 cm causing Colo-colonic intussusception. Such large lesions have increased incidence of complications and often are confused with malignancy.

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