Pedunculated lipoma causing colo-colonic intussusception: a rare case report.

Background: Intussusception is a relatively common cause of intestinal obstruction in children but a rare clinical entity in adults, representing fewer than 1% of intestinal obstructions in this patient population. Colonic lipomas are uncommon nonepithelial neoplasms that are typically sessile, asymptomatic and incidentally found during endoscopy, surgery, or autopsy.

Case Presentation: A 55-year old man visited our emergency department with severe abdominal pain, multiple episodes of vomiting, abdominal distension.

Adult intussusceptions caused by a lipoma in the jejunum: report of a case and review of the literature.

Intussusceptions in adults is rare. Gastrointestinal lipomas are rare benign tumors and intussusceptions due to a gastrointestinal lipoma constitutes an infrequent clinical entity. Lipoma may develop as a benign tumor in all organs and rarely in large or small intestine.