Abstract

SHIORDIA PUENTE, Francisco Javier  and  PRADEL MORA, Jessica Juliana. Colonic lipoma and intestinal intussusception: Report of a case and review of the literature. Cir. gen [online]. 2014, vol.36, n.2, pp.107-111. ISSN 1405-0099.

Lipomas are the second most common benign tumor of the colon, there is a predominance in females, being the most common age of presentation the sixth and seventh decade of life. Clinical manifestations include a wide range of patients from those who are incidentally, to patients presenting with life-threatening complications. Despite progress in the current methods of study, the diagnosis remains a challenge for the general surgeon, an impact crucially on the prognosis of patients due to the need for a high index of suspicion to avoid extensive surgery to increase patient morbidity and mortality. The case of a patient with colonic lipoma that presented as intussusception and data of acute abdomen, which underwent a right hemicolectomy is discussed.

Keywords : Colonic lipoma; Intussusception; Acute abdomen; Hemicolectomy.