Open Access‘Ubiquitous’ Tumour Elsewhere, But Uncommon in the Colon! Can We Ignore this Lesion?
Author(s) -
Gabriel Rodrigues
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17777.7908
Subject(s) - lipoma , malignancy , lesion , pathology , medicine , descending colon , rectum
Lipoma, a benign tumour of mature fat cells, can occur anywhere in the body and hence termed 'ubiquitous tumour'. But it rarely occurs in the colon and can present with complications and mimic malignancy. We present a case of descending colonic lipoma which led to a diagnostic dilemma.