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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 21, 2006; 12(31): 5075-5077
Published online Aug 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.5075
Published online Aug 21, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i31.5075
Clinical evaluation of submucosal colonic lipomas: Decision making
Oge Tascilar, Güldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak, Bülent Hamdi Uçan, Hakan Balbaloglu, Ali Cesur, Ali Ugur Emre, Mustafa Comert, Department of Surgery, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, School of Medicine, Kozlu-Zonguldak, Turkey
Banu Dogan Gün, Department of pathology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, School of Medicine, Kozlu-Zonguldak, Turkey
Lütfü Oktay Erdem, Department of Radiology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, School of Medicine, Kozlu-Zonguldak, Turkey
Selim Aydemir, Department of Gastroenterology, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, School of Medicine, Kozlu-Zonguldak, Turkey
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dr. Güldeniz Karadeniz Cakmak, Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi, Arastirma ve Uygulama Hastanesi Bashekimligi, Kozlu-Zonguldak 67600, Turkey. gkkaradeniz@yahoo.com
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Received: December 12, 2005
Revised: January 14, 2006
Accepted: January 18, 2006
Published online: August 21, 2006
Revised: January 14, 2006
Accepted: January 18, 2006
Published online: August 21, 2006
Abstract
Even lipomas are the most common mesenchymal benign tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, symptomatic colonic presentation is rare. Herein, we evaluated four patients suffering from various size of colonic lipomas and approached by different therapeutic modalities.
Keywords: Colon; Lipoma; Complication; Management