[Gastrointestinal lipomas - report of three cases and a short review of the literature]

Abstract

Lipoma in the alimentary tract is a rare entity, it can usually be found in the subcutaneous tissue. Generally, lipomas are asymptomatic. Gastrointestinal lipoma must be removed only in case of bleeding or obstruction. We report 3 successfully operated cases of gastrointestinal lipomas: one duodenal (a 4 cm in diameter lipoma was enucleated from the bulb), one in the small bowel (ileal lipoma causing intususception; due to the unusual masroscopical appearance, segmental resection was performed), and one in the large bowel (colonic lipoma located at 47 cm from the anus, causing intermittent obstruction was remowed by colotomy).

Keywords: gastrointestinal lipoma; gastrointestinalis lipoma.