Title of article :
Gastrointestinal bleeding due to gastrointestinal lipoma: A case report
Author/Authors :
Rezaii, Seifollah Department of General Surgery - Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia , Enshaii, Ali Department of General Surgery - Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia , Zahedi, Afshin Department of General Surgery - Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia , Amestejani, Morteza Department of General Surgery - Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia , Herik Dizaji, Mohsen Department of General Surgery - Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia
Abstract :
Background: Lipomas are common harmless tumors that are created in the colon in the
gastrointestinal tract. The aim of this study was to report a case study on gastrointestinal
lipoma with GIB.
Case Presentation: A 38-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of
gastrointestinal bleeding for two months in December 2017. He had abdominal pain,
dyspeptic disorders, vomiting, melena, and intermittent hematemesis without significant
weight loss. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy indicated a large subepithelial lesion in the
antrum of the stomach with near-normal mucosa. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) showed a
large well-defined heterogeneous mass-like lesion in the antrum of the stomach. A subtotal
gastrectomy was done in the patient. The histology results of the separated samples
presented a gastric lipoma.
Conclusion: Gastric lipoma is often yellowish. It might ulcerate and bleed, but it does so,
only rarely. It most frequently occurs as a solitary and smooth mass in the gastric antrum
Keywords :
Benign , Gastric lipoma , Hematemesis , Submucosal tumors
Journal title :
Caspian Journal of Internal Medicine (CJIM)
