a rare case of gastric lipoma

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hossein foroutan from the department of gastroenterology, imam khomeini medical center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, islamic republic of iran.

abstract

a middle age woman was hospitalized for investigation of a mobile filling defect in the stomach with exacerbation of 3-year gastric symptoms. gastroscopy revealed a huge pedunculated polyp. histologic report of the mass was gastric antral lipoma. since the patient refused surgery, cauterization polypectomy was performed without any complication.

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Journal title:
medical journal of islamic republic of iran

جلد ۶، شماره ۴، صفحات ۳۰۹-۳۱۰

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