Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To summarize the experience of diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal lipoma. METHODS: The clinical data of 34 patients with gastrointestinal (GI) lipoma from 1993 to 2007 were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: EUS is an effective method for diagnosing GI lipomas. The treatment of GI lipomas is surgical resection, and endoscopic removal of GI lipomas is safe following the guidance of the present therapeutic strategy.
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Authors | Yi-Qun Zhang, Li-Qing Yao, Xin-Yu Qin, Ping-Hong Zhou, Mei-Dong Xu, Ying-Yong Hou |
Journal | Zhonghua wei chang wai ke za zhi = Chinese journal of gastrointestinal surgery
(Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi)
Vol. 10
Issue 6
Pg. 512-4
(Nov 2007)
ISSN: 1671-0274 [Print] China |
PMID | 18000767
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
- Endosonography
- Female
- Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
(diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Humans
- Lipoma
(diagnostic imaging, surgery)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
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