A Case of an Ascending Colon Lipoma Resected with Laparoscopic Surgery After a Complicated Intussusception was Reduced by Endoscopy

Abstract

A 63-year-old man visited our hospital with bloody stools. He was admitted because abdominal CT showed an intussusception with an ascending colon tumor. Colonoscopy revealed the ascending colon tumor and the intussusception was reduced by pushing the tumor using forceps. Histological findings from the tumor biopsy demonstrated a lipoma and an elective laparoscopic partial colectomy was carried out. The resected tumor measured 5 cm and the histologically confirmed diagnosis was a lipoma. The patient’s postoperative course was favorable and he was discharged on postoperative day 8. Colon lipomas with intussusception are a good indication for laparoscopic surgery after the intussusception has been reduced non-invasively.