Small Bowel Bleeding Caused by a Small Bowel Lipoma in a Patient with Hemodialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Small bowel bleeding is being diagnosed with increasing frequency with the development of capsule endoscopy.

Case presentation

We report a case of lipoma that caused hematochezia in an 80-year-old woman with ischemic heart disease receiving antiplatelet therapy and on hemodialysis for renal failure. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scans, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and colonoscopy failed to identify the source of hematochezia. Capsule endoscopy revealed a small bowel tumor, which was removed through laparoscopic surgery without interruption of antiplatelet agents. The small bowel tumor was pathologically diagnosed as a lipoma. There was no recurrence of the hematochezia after surgery.

Conclusion

Lipomas could cause hematochezia. With appropriate pre

SUBMITTER: Yamagishi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11324242 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature