Gallbladder Lipoma: A case report.
- Author:
Se Woong KIM
1
;
Won Gon KIM
Author Information
1. Department of General Surgery, Inha Hospital.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Lipoma;
GB lipoma
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Eosinophils;
Female;
Gallbladder*;
Gastrointestinal Tract;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Intestinal Obstruction;
Intussusception;
Lipoma*;
Lymphocytes;
Middle Aged;
Rare Diseases
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
1998;54(3):447-451
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Lipoma of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a rare disease, 0.1~0.3% of all diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract. As the size increases, the symptoms which develop are GI bleeding, abdominal pain, intussusception, intestinal obstruction. To the best of our knowledge no lipoma of gallbladder been reported yet. Furthermore a lipoma cannot develop in the GB, because the submucous layer is not existed. From a point of view for the mechanism, it is important for submucous layer, which is infiltrated by eosinophil or lymphocyte, to develop the lipoma of GB. We experienced the case of a 51-year-old female with a GB lipoma, and we report our experience with that case along with a review of the literatures about the most likely mechanism for the development of the GB lipoma.
