Case of a Giant Colonic Lipoma That Was Endoscopically Removed by Strangulation with Repetitive Endoloop Ligation.
- Author:
Da Hyun JUNG
1
;
Young Hoon YOON
;
Cheal Wung HUH
;
Ji Hyun YOON
;
Woo Jeung KIM
;
Jie Hyun KIM
;
Sang In LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. dryoun@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Colon;
Endoscopic resection;
Lipoma
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Colon;
Endoscopy;
Esophagus;
Hemorrhage;
Intestine, Large;
Intussusception;
Ligation;
Lipoma;
SNARE Proteins;
Stomach
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2012;83(2):221-225
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Colonic lipomas are the most common tumors of mesenchymal origin in the large intestine. These tumors are typically found in the colon, but are also discovered in the small bowel, stomach, and esophagus. Most gastrointestinal lipomas are asymptomatic and are discovered incidentally during endoscopy or surgery. Large lipomas can cause abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, obstruction, and intussusceptions and therefore require resection. Surgical resection is typically only considered for the removal of giant lipomas > 2 cm because of concerns regarding the high complication risk of endoscopic resection. New techniques that use endoscopic snare polypectomy with endoloops or endoscopic resection with an endoloop after an unroofing technique have recently been reported. We herein report a case of a 7-cm giant colonic lipoma that was removed by an endoscopic unroofing technique and repetitive endoloop ligation and strangulation.
