Adult colocolic intussusception and lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage due to a colonic lipoma
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Colonic intussusception is a rare complication of colonic lipoma. This study presents an unusualcase symptomatic lipoma the transverse colon, causing andlower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. A 53 year-old female was admitted to Bushenge ProvincialHospital, Rwanda, with episodes intermittent pain, vomiting, and bloody mucoid stool. Physicalexamination revealed distended abdomen, tenderness mucous from rectum.Ultrasonography target sign suggestive intussusception. The patient underwentsegmental resection histopathology analysis specimen revealeda followed up for year 8 months after remainedhealthy. serves as guide management complicated lipoma, especiallyin resource-limited settings.
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عنوان ژورنال: Rwanda medical journal
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2079-097X', '2410-8626']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/rmj.v80i2.1