Rare Tumors (Aug 2014)

Diffuse intestinal submucosal lipomatosis with incidental epidermal inclusion cyst of caecum clinically masquerading as carcinoma caecum

  • Brijesh Thakur,
  • Sanjeev Kishore,
  • Aparna Bhardwaj,
  • Sandip Kudesia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/rt.2014.5380
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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Symptomatic diffuse submucosal intestinal lipomatosis is a rare entity. Also few cases of epidermal inclusion cyst of caecum have been reported in literature. Here, we are presenting a rare case of intestinal submucosal lipomatosis with coincidence of epidermal inclusion cyst of caecum and presumptively diagnosed as carcinoma of ileocaecal region during surgery in a 55 years old male. Both are rare entity considering the location even they should be kept as a differential diagnosis in unusual cases of intestinal perforations with inconclusive radiological findings or clinical uncertainity.

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