A rare case of recurrent anemia with giant lipoma of jejunum: A case report

Abstract

Lipoma of the gastrointestinal tract is a rare, benign, usually single, slow growing, non-epithelial neoplasms derived from mature adipocytes.3 The colon is the commonest site of the digestive tract with an incidence rate ~4.4%. Most of the lipomas are asymptomatic and incidentally detected.3 Lipoma should be differentiated from true neoplasia, because in most of the cases they do not need any intervention unless they cause a symptom or are large in size.3 Endoscopic resection is preferred for lipomas < 2cm and surgery for lipomas > 2cm to avoid complication such as bleeding and perforation. We report a case of a 40-year-old male, who was found to have 15cm jejunal lipoma by imaging and confirmed by histopathology.