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Transanal resection of a colonic lipoma, mimicking rectal prolapse
Argyrios Tzilinis1, John M Fessenden, Kristie M Ressler
1Department of Surgery, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. jtzilinis@hotmail.com
Purpose:
Colonic lipomas are benign tumors usually asymptomatic. Occasionally, they may cause symptoms such as bleeding, intussusception, obstruction, or rectal prolapse.
Methods:
We present a 44-year-old African-American female that presented with an 8 cm colonic lipoma protruding through the anal verge. We also reviewed all the reported cases in the English literature.
Results:
The patient was treated successfully with transanal resection, which has rarely been done before for this large a tumor.
Conclusions:
Transanal resection of large benign tumors of the rectosigmoid is possible.
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