Cecal Giant Lipoma Mimicking Malignancy

Cecal Giant Lipoma Mimicking Malignancy.

Herein we describe a 51-year-old male patient had intermittent abdominal pain and constipation during last two years. He admitted to general surgery clinic because of lately onset severe abdominal cramps, nausea and vomiting and due to bleeding during defecation. Colonoscopic examination revealed a mass lesion in the cecum located approximately 5 cm in diameter. Because of the patient’s increas...

cecal giant lipoma mimicking malignancy

Giant hydronephrosis mimicking progressive malignancy

BACKGROUND Cases of giant hydronephroses are rare and usually contain no more than 1-2 litres of fluid in the collecting system. We report a remarkable case of giant hydronephrosis mimicking a progressive malignant abdominal tumour. CASE PRESENTATION A 78-year-old cachectic woman presented with an enormous abdominal tumour, which, according to the patient, had slowly increased in diameter. Me...

Giant gastric lipoma mimicking well-differentiated liposarcoma

Authors report the case of a 51-year-old man, presenting with epigastralgia of recent onset. Physical exam was unremarkable. Endoscopy revealed a large, ulcerated, submucosal, antral tumor. CT scan reveals an antral mass with fat attenuation. The patient underwent a total gastrectomy. Macroscopic examination identified in the antral wall a 9-cm, well-circumscribed, nodular lesion, with a yellow...

Giant hamartoma of liver mimicking malignancy.

Two infants with mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver are reported. This lesion clinically simulates a malignant neoplasm very closely and awareness is essential to avoid unnecessary major hepatic resections. The cases were successfully treated with simple enucleation.

Giant Primary Omental Leiomyosarcoma Mimicking Ovarian Malignancy