Özet:

Lipomas are benign mesenchymal tumors that derived from mature adipocytes and frequently observed in soft tissue. Colonic lipomas are rare, and the incidence of colonic lipomas ranges from 0.2 to 4.4%. They have been noted to occur more frequently in women, and most patients are in their fifth or sixth decade of life. Generally, they are located on the right side, particularly in the cecum. They are often solitary, small, asymptomatic and incidentally detected. However, depending on the tumor size and location they can result in abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, bowel obstruction, or intussusception. Usually, lipomas larger than 2 cm are symptomatic. Histopathologically, a well-circumscribed tumoral lesion located in the submucosa, separated from the mucosa by a capsule, consisting of mature adipose tissue is observed. Definitive diagnosis can only be made by histopathological examination. Surgical removal of the lesion is necessary both for treatment and to exclude malignancy. We report a case of a 56-year-old female who admitted to the emergency department with abdominal pain, clinically operated on suspicion of malignancy colon lipoma.

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