Gastric Lipoma: A Review of the Literature.

Gastric Lipoma: A Review of the Literature.

Chagarlamudi Kaushik; DeVita Robert; Barr Richard G

Ultrasound quarterly

2018

2018-09

Gastric lipoma is a rare benign tumor of the stomach. The imaging characteristics are diagnostic because the lesion has fat attenuation on computed tomography and demonstrates characteristics of fat on magnetic resonance images. On ultrasound, the lesion can be identified as a lesion hypoechoic to the gastric mucosa that is soft, but the mass cannot be displaced with compression. Identifying these imaging characteristics can prevent biopsy or surgery in asymptomatic patients. Although this lesion is benign, it can cause gastric obstruction.

Aged; Biopsy; Doppler – Methods; Doppler/methods; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastrectomy – Methods; Gastrectomy/methods; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Lipoma; Lipoma – Pathology; Lipoma – Surgery; Lipoma/*diagnostic imaging/*pathology/surgery; Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Methods; Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods; Multidetector Computed Tomography – Methods; Multidetector Computed Tomography/methods; Needle; Prospective Studies; Stomach Neoplasms; Stomach Neoplasms – Pathology; Stomach Neoplasms – Surgery; Stomach Neoplasms/*diagnostic imaging/*pathology/surgery; Treatment Outcome; Treatment Outcomes; Ultrasonography

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