Intestinal Lipomatosis in an AdultA Rare Case Report
Intestinal lipomatosis is a rare disease. There is diffuse, unencapsulated, multifocal infiltration of mature adipose tissue into the intestinal submucosal or subserosal layers. The disease may remain asymptomatic or present with complications like intussusception, obstruction, bleeding or perfora...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.
2021-07-01
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Series: | National Journal of Laboratory Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.njlm.net/articles/PDF/2503/47947_CE[Ra1]_F(SHU)_PF1(SC_SHU)_PFA(SC_KM)_PN(KM).pdf |
Summary: | Intestinal lipomatosis is a rare disease. There is diffuse, unencapsulated, multifocal infiltration of mature adipose tissue into the
intestinal submucosal or subserosal layers. The disease may remain asymptomatic or present with complications like intussusception,
obstruction, bleeding or perforation. Here by authors report a case of a 46-year-old male patient who presented with acute abdomen
to the emergency department of the hospital. An emergency preoperative workup of the patient was performed including Computed
Tomography (CT) which showed a sealed caecal perforation. Following which the patient was subjected to emergency laparotomy
and right hemicolectomy was performed. The histopathology specimen was intensively studied and the cause for the sealed caecal
perforation was confirmed to be due to intestinal lipomatosis. |
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ISSN: | 2277-8551 2455-6882 |