Gastric lipoma

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Abdominal pain and dyspepsia.

Patient Data

Age: 65 years
Gender: Female
ct

A 22×16 mm well-defined sub-mucosal fat density mass is noted at gastric cardia.

A 25×22 mm thin-walled non-enhanced cyst is noted at the left liver lobe.

Several small gallstones are seen. 

Degenerative changes as osteophytes are seen at the lumbar spine.

Case Discussion

Small fat density sub-mucosal mass in gastric cardia compatible with lipoma.
Gastric lipomas are a location-specific subtype of gastrointestinal lipomas and represent rare benign mesenchymal tumors of the stomach. They can be definitively diagnosed on CT. 

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