Submucosal Lipoma: a Rare Cause of Recurrent Intestinal Obstruction and Intestinal Intussusception

• DOI: 10.1007/s11605-015-2824-1
• Publication Date: 2015-04-20T16:13:53Z
• Authors: Run-De Jiang; Xu-Ting Zhi; Bo Zhang; Zhi-Qiang Chen; Tao Li
• Keywords: Ileal Neoplasms; Male; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Chronic Disease; Humans; Lipoma; Middle Aged; Intestinal Obstruction; 3. Good health

Intestinal lipomas are rare nonepithelial tumors that are usually detected incidentally. They are usually asymptomatic, but lipomas larger than 2 cm may become symptomatic due to obstruction, bleeding, or intussusception. Adult intussusception due to intestinal lipoma is a very rare condition. In this paper, we report a case of small bowel lipoma that became symptomatic due to intermittent obstruction episodes and ileo-ileal intussuception. Segmental ileal resection was performed, and histopathological examination of the resected specimen confirmed the diagnosis of lipoma.