Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2018 Mar;100(3):e41-e43.
doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2017.0209. Epub 2018 Feb 27.

Gastric lipoma: a rare cause of haematemesis

B Krishnaraj  1 , B Dhanapal  1 , G Shankar  1 , S C Sistla  1 , I Galidevara  1 , A Suresh  1
Affiliations
Case Reports

Gastric lipoma: a rare cause of haematemesis

B Krishnaraj et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2018 Mar.

Abstract

Gastric lipomas are rare benign tumours of the stomach, representing less than 3% of all benign gastric neoplasms. They are usually asymptomatic but larger lesions can present with abdominal pain, gastric outlet obstruction and haematemesis. Malignant transformation is extremely rare. Accurate preoperative diagnosis can be established with computed tomography. Being benign, extensive surgery is not necessary and simple excision of the lesion is adequate. Small asymptomatic lesions can be followed up. We present a case of 80-year-old woman with gastric submucosal lipoma who presented with haematemesis.

Keywords: Gastric neoplasm; Haematemesis.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography demonstrating a well-encapsulated extramucosal lesion with low attenuation in the antrum of the stomach (yellow arrow)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Lipoma in the posterior wall of stomach
Figure 3
Figure 3
Enucleation of the lipoma after opening the seromuscular layer of the stomach
Figure 4
Figure 4
Enucleated gastric lipoma with overlying ulcerated mucosa
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Krasniqi AS, Hoxha FT, Bicaj BX et al. . Symptomatic subserosal gastric lipoma successfully treated with enucleation. 2008; (38): 5,930–2. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Almohsin M, Meshikhes AWN. Gastric lipoma presenting with haematemesis. 2015; : bcr2014206884. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Thompson WM, Kende AI, Levy AD. Imaging characteristics of gastric lipomas in 16 adult and pediatric patients. 2003; (4): 981–5. - PubMed
    1. Třeška V, Pešek M, Kreuzberg B et al. . Gastric lipoma presenting as upper gastrointestinal obstruction. 1998; (5): 716–19. - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources