Lipomas of the gastrointestinal tract. An analysis of seventy-two tumors
Hurwitz, M.M.; Redleaf, P.D.; Williams, H.J.; Edwards, J.E.
American Journal of Roentgenology Radium Therapy and Nuclear Medicine 99(1): 84-89
1967
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9580 PMID: 6016046 Document Number: 3152
Gastrointestinal lipomas constitute an uncommon and benign lesion which may cause symptoms like those resulting from malignant tumors. In a study of 72 tumors in 7o patients, the tumor was found predominantly in the small and large intestines. Symptoms such as bleeding, pain, and obstruction occur in direct proportion to the size of the tumor. The most reliable means of identifying gastrointestinal lipomas is by roentgenographic study in which the relative radiolucency of the fatty tissue as well as the compressibility of the tumor are helpful signs for the suspicion of this tumor.
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