Corresponding author:
Bita Sepehri
Department of Gastroenterology and hepatology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
sepehribrr@yahoo.com
Received: 2014-01-15| Accepted: 2014-02-06| Published:
2014-02-20 DOI: 10.7575/aiac.abcmed.14.02.02.20
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Case report Advances in Bioscience & Clinical Medicine
ISSN: 2203-1413 Vol.02 No.02
Duodenal Lipomatosis: A Case with Postprandial Dyspepsia
Bita Sepehri
1*
, Shahriar Hashemzadeh
2
, Keivan Kashy Zonouzy
2
, Mehdi Haghi
3
1.Department of Gastroenterology and hepatology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
2.Department of surgery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
3.Department of Genetics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Introduction
Lipomas could be detected as benign
mesenchymal tumors in all organs while they
are rare in gastrointestinal tract (1). They
constitute 5-6% of gastrointestinal (GI) tumors
(1).
Case presentation:
Our patient was a 28 year old man that
presented with dyspeptic symptoms such as
early satiety, postprandial epigastric
discomfort, nausea and occasional vomiting. He
had no family history of GI Cancers. He had
received multiple therapeutic regimens, but
had no improvement in his symptoms. An
upper GI endoscopy was performed revealing
multiple smooth, yellow shadowed submucosal
masses at different sizes, with positive pillow
sign (in forceps examination) in second part of
duodenum. Endoscope passed with difficulty
from D1 to D2. Biopsies were obtained. With
probable diagnosis of duodenal lipomatosis, an
abdominal spiral CT- Scan was performed that
showed multiple lipoma of duodenum (figure
1).
Due to refractory symptoms, surgical
treatment was planned and longitudinal
duodenotomy, gastro-jejenostomy and biopsy
sampling were performed. In laparatomic
exploration, lipomas were limited to second
Abstract
Lipomas are benign mesenchymal tumors and constitute 5-6% of gastrointestinal tumors. They
are generally asymptomatic and the occurrence of symptoms is related to the location and size
of tumor. We present a 28 year old man with refractory dyspepsia for 18 months. In upper GI
endoscopy multiple smooth submucosal masses with positive pillow sign were detected in
second part of duodenum. Diagnosis was confirmed with CT-Scan.