A. Kabaalioglu et al., ACUTE COLONIC OBSTRUCTION CAUSED BY INTUSSUSCEPTION AND EXTRUSION OF A SIGMOID LIPOMA THROUGH THE ANUS AFTER BARIUM ENEMA, Abdominal imaging, 22(4), 1997, pp. 389-391
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Colonic lipomas are often asymptomatic, but large lipomas may produce
abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, hemorrhage, and intussusceptio
n. We report a young woman with a colonic lipoma who presented as an a
cute abdominal emergency with total colonic obstruction and severe pai
n associated with intussusception and extrusion of the tumor through t
he anus. The case was interesting because of its presentation after a
double-contrast barium enema and because of the patient's young age an
d the tumor's location on the left side of the colon.