Pedunculated Hypopharyngeal Lipoma; A Case Report

Pedunculated obstructive lipoma of the ileocecal valve: a case report.

INTRODUCTION Colonic lipomas are relatively common but they rarely progress to complete acute obstruction. CASE OUTLINE We report a case of a 67-year-old woman with acute intestinal obstruction caused by a large pedunculated lipoma of the ileocecal valve. Preoperatively, the patient presented acutely with clinical and radiographic signs of small intestine ileus. A right hemicolectomy with sub...

Pedunculated lipoma causing colo-colonic intussusception: a rare case report

BACKGROUND Intussusception is a relatively common cause of intestinal obstruction in children but a rare clinical entity in adults, representing fewer than 1% of intestinal obstructions in this patient population. Colonic lipomas are uncommon nonepithelial neoplasms that are typically sessile, asymptomatic and incidentally found during endoscopy, surgery, or autopsy. CASE PRESENTATION A 55-ye...

Retropharyngeal Lipoma: a case report

Introduction: Retropharyngeal lipoma is a rare benign tumor (less than 27 reports in literature) of nonspecific clinical symptoms. It can grow to an enormous extent causing total obstruction of the upper respiratory tract. Until now its etiology is unknown. Case Report: A 60-year old female complained from severe snoring mild dysphagia and moderate respiratory difficulty with gradual onset si...

Pedunculated pleural lipoma.

A 70-year-old woman was hospitalized for dyspnea and chest pain. After radiological examinations and bronchoscopy, she was diagnosed with a stage IVsmall-cell carcinoma of the lung. Collaterally, chest CT showed an hypodense pleural sessile mass, with smooth, well defined borders and homogeneous fat attenuation of approximately –100 HU; it showed no enhancement after intravenous contrast materi...

A Case of Large Pedunculated Lipoma of the Gluteal Region