Endoscopic resection of large colonic lipomas assisted by a prototype single-use endoloop device

Endoscopic resection of large colonic lipomas assisted by a prototype single-use endoloop device

Colonic lipomas are benign adipose tumors that do not usually cause symptoms. Giant colonic lipoma (GCL) is an uncommon finding at endoscopy which may lead to iron deficiency anemia (IDA) with or without macroscopic ulceration. The choice of therapeutic procedure to treat symptomatic GCLs has been c...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Khosravi Khorashad, Seyyed Musaalreza Hosseini, Kamran Gaffarzadegan, Mohammad Reza Farzanehfar, Hamid reza Zivarifar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Endoscopic Therapy
Giant Submucosal Lipoma
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Online Access:http://www.jmsjournal.net/article.asp?issn=1735-1995;year=2011;volume=16;issue=11;spage=1511;epage=1515;aulast=Khorashad
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Summary:Colonic lipomas are benign adipose tumors that do not usually cause symptoms. Giant colonic lipoma (GCL) is an uncommon finding at endoscopy which may lead to iron deficiency anemia (IDA) with or without macroscopic ulceration. The choice of therapeutic procedure to treat symptomatic GCLs has been controversial. A case of GCL presented with occult bleeding and IDA is reported in this article. IDA resolved following the successful removal of the GCL by a combination of endoloop ligation and snare cautery technique.
ISSN:1735-1995
1735-7136

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