Iliac lipoleiomyoma with development of invagination and acute ileus
Niziaeva, N.V.; Kogan, E.A.; Faĭzullina, N.M.; Matronitskiĭ, R.B.; Chuprynin, V.D.; Mel'nikov, M.V.
Arkhiv Patologii 76(2): 43-45
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1955 PMID: 25051726 Document Number: 677181
Lipoleiomyoma is a benign tumor that consists of smooth muscle and fat components, which occurs in less than 0.5% of cases among all benign intestine tumors. The paper describes a case of acute ileum obstruction with the development of lipoleiomyoma invagination in a 23-year-old woman and presents the endoscopic verification and microscopic and immunohistochemical examination of the removed tumor.