Transanal Resection of Rectal Lipoma Mimicking Rectal Prolapse: Description of a Case and Review of the Literature

Submucosal lipomas of the large bowel are uncommon. Occasionally, they occur in the rectum and may cause aspecific symptoms; presentation with rectal prolapse is very unusual and may lead to a misdiagnosis of simple mucosal prolapse. The paper describes an additional case of a prolapsing rectal mass...

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Autores principales: Martellucci, Jacopo, Civitelli, Serenella, Tanzini, Gabriello
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scholarly Research Network 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3196962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22084744
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/170285
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author Martellucci, Jacopo
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description Submucosal lipomas of the large bowel are uncommon. Occasionally, they occur in the rectum and may cause aspecific symptoms; presentation with rectal prolapse is very unusual and may lead to a misdiagnosis of simple mucosal prolapse. The paper describes an additional case of a prolapsing rectal mass that led to diagnosis and surgical treatment of a rectal lipoma under local anesthesia.
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spelling pubmed-31969622011-11-14 Transanal Resection of Rectal Lipoma Mimicking Rectal Prolapse: Description of a Case and Review of the Literature Martellucci, Jacopo Civitelli, Serenella Tanzini, Gabriello ISRN Surg Review Article Submucosal lipomas of the large bowel are uncommon. Occasionally, they occur in the rectum and may cause aspecific symptoms; presentation with rectal prolapse is very unusual and may lead to a misdiagnosis of simple mucosal prolapse. The paper describes an additional case of a prolapsing rectal mass that led to diagnosis and surgical treatment of a rectal lipoma under local anesthesia. International Scholarly Research Network 2011 2011-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3196962/ /pubmed/22084744 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/170285 Text en Copyright © 2011 Jacopo Martellucci et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Transanal Resection of Rectal Lipoma Mimicking Rectal Prolapse: Description of a Case and Review of the Literature
title Transanal Resection of Rectal Lipoma Mimicking Rectal Prolapse: Description of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_full Transanal Resection of Rectal Lipoma Mimicking Rectal Prolapse: Description of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Transanal Resection of Rectal Lipoma Mimicking Rectal Prolapse: Description of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Transanal Resection of Rectal Lipoma Mimicking Rectal Prolapse: Description of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_short Transanal Resection of Rectal Lipoma Mimicking Rectal Prolapse: Description of a Case and Review of the Literature
title_sort transanal resection of rectal lipoma mimicking rectal prolapse: description of a case and review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3196962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22084744
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2011/170285
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