Lipoma of Gastrointestinal Tract: Two Cases of Giant Colonic and Small Bowel Lipoma with Intussusception
- Author:
Beom Sok SEO
1
;
Hye Young JANG
;
Young Shin CHO
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Publication Type:CASE REPORT
- From:Soonchunhyang Medical Science
2025;31(1):10-13
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Gastrointestinal tract lipoma is a rare case for an emergency physician to encounter. Gastrointestinal lipomas are benign slowly growing tumors that can be found throughout the entire gastrointestinal tract. Lipomas manifests with general gastrointestinal symptoms which makes it difficult for an emergency physician to differentiate with other gastrointestinal tract problems. We report two cases of gastrointestinal lipoma: one was a 13 cm sized giant colonic lipoma located in the descending colon and the other case was a distal ileal lipoma which was identified as a leading point of intussusception. Both patients visited the emergency department with ambiguous symptoms and were treated successfully by surgery.
