Excluding adenomataus polyps, lipomas represent the most common benign tumor of the colon. But lipomas of gastrointestinal tract are rarely encountered, and when seen they are usually an incidental finding at autopsy or operation. When small, these tu...
Excluding adenomataus polyps, lipomas represent the most common benign tumor of the colon. But lipomas of gastrointestinal tract are rarely encountered, and when seen they are usually an incidental finding at autopsy or operation. When small, these tumors are frequently asymptomatic. Constipation and colicky abdominal pain in wax and wane pattern are frequent symptoms in the larger tumor and intussusception is the main complication of the lipomas. A few hundreds of gastrointestinal lipomas were reported in the world, but only 6 cases of it were found in the literature in Korea. A case of lipomas in colon associated with intussusception in a 36-year-old woman and a brief review of the literature were presented.