Gastric lipoma

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Abdominal pain and dyspepsia.

Patient Data

Age: 85 years
Gender: Female
ct

A 15 mm well defined submucosal fat density mass is present at gastric cardia inferring lipoma. 

A 20 mm midline fascial defect is present at upper anterior abdominal wall that some omental fat herniated through it.

Case Discussion

Gastric lipomas are a location-specific subtype of gastrointestinal lipomas and represent a rare benign mesenchymal tumors of the stomach.

They can be definitively diagnosed on CT. 

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