Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Patient B., a 62-year-old man, with giant benign tumor and obstruction of the sigmoid colon presented. The elective surgery was canceled due to autoamputation of the tumor, which passed without complications and was confirmed by another colonoscopy. Pathohistological study confirmed the lipoma. Autoamputation of a colon lipoma is extremely rare and usually occurs in giant tumors.
Source: Koloproktologia
Authors: V. V. Polovinkin, D. S. Chumachenko
Institution: Kuban State Medical University
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413441655