Presentation
Recurrent abdominal pain.
Patient Data
Presence of three bulky pedunculated lipomas protruding into the lumen of colon, delimited at high rectum level, the descending colon and the distal transverse colon.
Diverticula are detectable along the entire colon.
Presence of three bulky pedunculated lipomas protruding into the lumen of colon, delimited at high rectum level, the descending colon and the distal transverse colon.
Case Discussion
Lipoma of the colon is a rare benign tumor slow growth of mesenchymal origin usually diagnosed accidentally. The most frequent localization is in the right colon.
It is rarely symptomatic, and symptoms are usually related to the size of the lesion.
Those with more than 2 cm in diameter can cause abdominal pain, change in the hive, bleeding, obstruction or intussusception. Endoscopically they are presented as spherical polyps, smooth, often sessile, yellowish and covered with normal mucous. Rarely they are covered by ulcerated/necrotic mucosa and mimic a malignant tumor.
Case courtesy: Prof Fabio Denicolò