Cecal Lipoma Presenting as Acute Intestinal Obstruction in an Elderly Woman: A Case Report | Zendy

Miltiades Kastanakis | Zendy; Dimitrios Anyfantakis | Zendy; Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis | Zendy; Nikolaos Katsougris | Zendy; Alexandros Papadomichelakis | Zendy; Ioannis Kokkinos | Zendy; George Petrakis | Zendy; Emmanouil Bobolakis | Zendy

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Cecal Lipoma Presenting as Acute Intestinal Obstruction in an Elderly Woman: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Miltiades Kastanakis,

Dimitrios Anyfantakis,

Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis,

Nikolaos Katsougris,

Alexandros Papadomichelakis,

Ioannis Kokkinos,

George Petrakis,

Emmanouil Bobolakis

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6900

pISSN - 2090-6919

DOI - 10.1155/2013/926514

Subject(s) - medicine , lipoma , colonoscopy , asymptomatic , abdominal pain , intussusception (medical disorder) , malignancy , surgery , descending colon , physical examination , histopathological examination , radiology , colorectal cancer , cancer , pathology , rectum

Colonic lipomas are rare nonepithelial tumors that are usually detected incidentally during surgery or colonoscopy. Although lipomas generally remain asymptomatic, when they exceed 2 cm of diameter they may cause abdominal pain, obstruction, or intussusception. Here we present a case of an elderly woman referred by her general practitioner to a general hospital of Crete because of acute abdominal pain along with signs of intestinal obstruction and a positive history of appetite loss. Abdominal computed tomography was performed. To marginalise the risk of malignancy, a right hemicolectomy was performed. Histopathological examination of the resected specimen confirmed the diagnosis of cecal lipoma.

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