Lipoma colónico e intususcepción intestinal: Reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura

Abstract

Lipomas are the second most common benign tumor of the colon; there is a predominance in females, being the most common age of presentation the sixth and seventh decade of life. Clinical manifestations include a wide range of patients from those who are incidentally, to patients presenting with life-threatening complications. Despite progress in the current methods of study, the diagnosis remains a challenge for the general surgeon, an impact crucially on the prognosis of patients due to the need for a high index of suspicion to avoid extensive surgery to increase patient morbidity and mortality. The case of a patient with colonic lipoma that presented as intussusception and data of acute abdomen, which underwent a right hemicolectomy is discussed. © 2014 Asociacion Mexicana de Cirugia General, A.C. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.