Gastric Lipomatosis
Journal of Gastric Cancer
; : 254-258, 2010.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-139704
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ABSTRACT
Gastric lipomatosis is an extremely rare condition. We present a case of a 69-year-old woman admitted with epigastric soreness. Computerized tomography (CT) revealed extrinsically compressing, fat-containing mass lesions on the entire gastric wall of the antrum and body except for the lesser curvature. A subtotal gastrectomy was performed. Pathology findings confirmed a gastric lipomatosis with multiple gastric ulcerations and extensive disruptions of the muscular layers. This case and reports of other gastric lipomatosis cases indicate that CT should be used to characterize large submucosal masses because CT can show the specific nature and extent of the disease. We believe that surgical treatment is the most appropriate treatment for symptomatic gastric lipomatosis that shows extensive gastric involvement, or when there are multiple gastric lipomas.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Stomach Neoplasms
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Stomach Ulcer
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Gastrectomy
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Lipoma
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Lipomatosis
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Gastric Cancer
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article