Symptomatic colonic lipomas: Report of two cases and a review of the literature. (February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sapalidis, Konstantinos; Laskou, Stella; Kosmidis, Christoforos; Passos, Ioannis; Mantalobas, Stelios; Michalopoulos, Nikolaos; Alexandrou, Vyron; Koimtzis, George; Koulouris, Charilaos; Katsaounis, Athanasios; Amaniti, Aikaterini; Pavlidis, Efstathios; Zarogoulidis, Paul; Kesisoglou, Isaak
• Is Part Of: SAGE open medical case reports. Volume 7(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-02
• Subjects: Colonic lipomas -- benign tumor -- colon; Clinical medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 616.09
• DOI: 10.1177/2050313X19830477
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-313X

Abstract

Colonic lipomas are the second most common benign tumor of the colon. During a systematic literature search, a lack of review is observed. This study reports two cases of colonic lipomas and also tries to review the clinical and pathologic features of the reported symptomatic lipomas.