Open AccessClinical evaluation of submucosal colonic lipomas: Decision making
Author(s) -
Öge Taşçılar,
Güldeniz Karadeniz Çakmak,
Banu Doğan Gün,
Bülent Hamdi Uçan,
Hakan Balbaloĝlu,
Ali Cesur,
Arif Emre,
Mustafa Cömert,
Lütfü Oktay Erdem,
Selim Aydemır
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.5075
Subject(s) - medicine , lipoma , gastrointestinal tract , presentation (obstetrics) , gastroenterology , pathology , radiology
Even lipomas are the most common mesenchymal benign tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, symptomatic colonic presentation is rare. Herein, we evaluated four patients suffering from various size of colonic lipomas and approached by different therapeutic modalities.