Lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage secondary to an ileal lipoma protruding into the caecum

Acta Chir Belg. 2005 May-Jun;105(3):316-8. doi: 10.1080/00015458.2005.11679725.

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage. The cause of the haemorrhage was a lipoma of the terminal ileum that protruded into the caecum. The diagnosis was made endoscopically and radiologically. It was surgically treated with local excision.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cecal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Cecal Neoplasms / etiology
  • Cecal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Ileal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Ileal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Lipoma / complications*
  • Lipoma / surgery*
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed