Gastric lipoma presenting with dyspepsia.
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چکیده
Gastric lipoma is one of the rare benign gastric tumors. Its preoperative diagnosis obviates the need of an extended gastrectomy. We report a case of gastric lipoma who presented with symptoms of dyspepsia and was treated by surgical gastrectomy and tumour enucleation.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
دوره 51 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003