Submucosal lipoma located on the ascending colon
Abstract
Dear Editor,
A 68 years old female patient applied to the General Surgery clinic with complaints of pain in the right lower quadrant and abdominal distention. Her vitals and blood tests revealed no abnormality. The contrasted abdominal tomography was interpreted as a soft tissue mass containing fat density with smooth margins, adjacent to the ileocecal valve and having a diameter of approximately3 cm. In her surgery, the mass was excised by a5 cmincision5 cmdistal to the cecal region on the wall adjacent to the mass. The incision was closed using a linear stapler.
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Primary Language
English
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Publication Date
December 13, 2015
Submission Date
November 10, 2015
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Published in Issue
Year 2015 Volume: 37 Number: 4