Presentation
Abdominal pain and dyspepsia.
Patient Data
Age: 85 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Gastric lipoma
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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.