ABSTRACT
We report a case of intestinal ileal lipomatosis in a 56-year-old Caucasian male complicated with small bowel obstruction due to ileocolic intussusception with a lipoma serving as lead point. This rare disease is often only discovered incidentally as a consequence of mechanical complications and not well reported in the international literature, compared to intussusception due to an isolated lipoma. Computed tomography is the imaging modality of choice to depict complications of this distinct clinicopathological entity. Density measurements can confirm the fatty content and homogeneity analysis of the lesions can guide the radiologist in the differential diagnosis.
Subject(s)
Ileal Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Ileal Diseases/etiology , Intussusception/diagnostic imaging , Intussusception/etiology , Lipoma/complications , Lipoma/diagnostic imaging , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Ileum/diagnostic imaging , Intestinal Obstruction/diagnostic imaging , Intestinal Obstruction/etiology , Intestine, Small/diagnostic imaging , Male , Middle Aged , Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methodsABSTRACT
Spontaneous cholecystocutaneous abscesses or fistulae are rare complications of neglected biliary calculous disease which have become extremely rare during the last decades. We report a case of spontaneous cholecystocutaneous abscess in a 69-year-old male who presented with a mass in the right subcostal region.The diagnosis was made by CT scan with multiplanar reformating. Treatment consisted of incision and drainage of the abdominal wall abscess followed by cholecystectomy in a one-stage protocol.