SYMPTOMATIC COLONIC LIPOMA - DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS OF LARGE-BOWEL TUMORS

Symptomatic colonic lipomas, although unusual, continue to present dif ficulties in the preoperative differential diagnosis between malignant and benign colonic neoplasm. Although new imaging techniques are avai lable, they are frequently diagnosed at laparotomy, and definitive his tology is required. Local excision is adequate treatment, but segmenta l excision may be necessary when there is doubt about the diagnosis, o r when a complication occurs.