Jejunal lipomatosis with diverticulosis: report of a case.

Abstract

We herein report the very rare case of a 68-year-old Japanese man with multiple jejunal lipomatosis and diverticulosis. He was admitted to our hospital with the chief complaint of melena and anemia. A barium study of the small bowel showed multiple lipomatosis and diverticulosis. An approximately 200-cm length of the jejunum was therefore resected. Thereafter, two diverticula and 215 lipomas were recognized in the resected specimen. A pathological examination showed mature adipose tissue with fibrous septa in the submucosal and muscularis propria. These findings were thus suggested to be due to the attenuation of the muscularis propria. The complications of lipomatosis are also discussed.

• Authors: S Yakabe, T Muranaka, T Sumii, M Takeshita, T Yamashita, S Tsuruta, M Saku, K Yoshida
• Journal: Surgery today (Surg Today) Vol. 28 Issue 8 Pg. 846-9 ( 1998) ISSN: 0941-1291 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 9719009 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Diverticulum (complications, pathology, surgery)
• Humans
• Jejunal Diseases (complications, pathology, surgery)
• Lipomatosis (complications, pathology, surgery)
• Male
• Surgical Procedures, Operative