Giant duodenal lipoma: an unusual cause of gastrointestinal bleeding "case report"

Abstract

Duodenal lipoma is a rare location of visceral lipomas, most are found incidentally via endoscopy or surgery and usually are asymptomatic. We report the case of a 58-year-old patient with an active bleeding duodenal lipoma. Although endoscopic treatment was scheduled initially, surgical intervention ultimately was indicated due to large size of tumor.

Keywords

• lipoma
• duodenum
• melena
• endoscopy
• surgery
• case report