Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI Bleeding
Although lipomas are encapsulated benign tumors, systemic lipomatosis defines infiltrative nonencapsulated tumors resembling normal adipose tissue. Abdominal lipomatosis and intestinal lipomatosis are different clinicopathological entities with similar clinical symptoms. We describe here a case pres...
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| author | Yilmaz Bilgic Hasan Baki Altinsoy Nezahat Yildirim Ozkan Alatas Burhan Hakan Kanat Abdurrahman Sahin |
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| description | Although lipomas are encapsulated benign tumors, systemic lipomatosis defines infiltrative nonencapsulated tumors resembling normal adipose tissue. Abdominal lipomatosis and intestinal lipomatosis are different clinicopathological entities with similar clinical symptoms. We describe here a case presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding from eroded submucosal lipoma at duodenum secondary to intestinal lipomatosis and abdominal lipomatosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-90bc72e856e848b5a13038ef557fd39a2025-02-03T05:44:24ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65282090-65362015-01-01201510.1155/2015/123723123723Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI BleedingYilmaz Bilgic0Hasan Baki Altinsoy1Nezahat Yildirim2Ozkan Alatas3Burhan Hakan Kanat4Abdurrahman Sahin5Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, TurkeyDepartment of Pathology, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, TurkeyDepartment of Gastroenterology, Elazig Training and Research Hospital, Elazig, TurkeyAlthough lipomas are encapsulated benign tumors, systemic lipomatosis defines infiltrative nonencapsulated tumors resembling normal adipose tissue. Abdominal lipomatosis and intestinal lipomatosis are different clinicopathological entities with similar clinical symptoms. We describe here a case presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeding from eroded submucosal lipoma at duodenum secondary to intestinal lipomatosis and abdominal lipomatosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/123723 |
| spellingShingle | Yilmaz Bilgic Hasan Baki Altinsoy Nezahat Yildirim Ozkan Alatas Burhan Hakan Kanat Abdurrahman Sahin Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI Bleeding Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI Bleeding |
| title_full | Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI Bleeding |
| title_fullStr | Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI Bleeding |
| title_full_unstemmed | Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI Bleeding |
| title_short | Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI Bleeding |
| title_sort | familial abdominal and intestinal lipomatosis presenting with upper gi bleeding |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/123723 |
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