RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intussusception Induced by Transverse Colon Lipoma in a Young Male Patient—One Case Report
JF Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research
JO Cancer Biol Med
FD China Anti-Cancer Association
SP 247
OP 249
DO 10.1007/s11805-011-0589-1
VO 8
IS 4
A1 Ting-ting SUN
A1 Yong-xi SONG
A1 Xiao-ye ZHANG
A1 Miao YU
A1 Zhen-ning WANG
A1 Hui-mian XU
YR 2011
UL http://www.cancerbiomed.org/content/8/4/247.abstract
AB Colonic lipoma is an uncommon benign non-epithelial tumor of the gastrointestinal tract. It typically occurs in the ascending colon and among old female patients. Most cases are asymptomatic and do not require any special treatment. However, we encountered a young male patient with a symptomatic lipoma located in the transverse colon that induced a transcolocolonic intussusception. He presented with such symptoms as diarrhea, tenesmus, abdominal pain, and weight loss. Colonoscopy revealed a spherical polypoid lesion with partial congestion and ulceration on its surface, and the related biopsy revealed spindle cell hyperplasia and inflammatory cell infiltration. Reduction of the intussusception was not attempted, and transverse hemicolectomy was conducted. Although several novel techniques have been reported for the diagnosis and treatment of colonic lipoma, for our case patient, an exact diagnosis was made postoperatively via histological examination and laparotomy was performed.