MULTIPLE GASTRIC LIPOMAS - REPORT OF AN ASYMPTOMATIC CASE FOUND AT AUTOPSY

Authors
VENTURA L LEOCATA P GUADAGNI S VENTURA T
Citation
L. Ventura et al., MULTIPLE GASTRIC LIPOMAS - REPORT OF AN ASYMPTOMATIC CASE FOUND AT AUTOPSY, Pathology international, 47(8), 1997, pp. 575-577
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
Pathology international → ACNP
ISSN journal
13205463
Volume
47
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
575 - 577
Database
ISI
SICI code
1320-5463(1997)47:8<575:MGL-RO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Gastric lipomas are uncommon lesions, usually single and located in th e antrum. Common symptoms include upper digestive bleeding, anemia, an d intestinal obstruction. Alternatively, they may remain asymptomatic, and detectable only at autopsy. A case of a 72-year-old man, who died of myocardial Infarction, was found at autopsy to have multiple gastr ic lipomas of the corpus and antrum, with a single lesion measuring 10 x6.5x3 cm.