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Scientists at Athens Medical School report research in lipoma

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, September 6th, 2007

A report, "Lipoma induced jejunojejunal intussusception," is newly published data in World Journal of Gastroenterology. "Intussusception in adults is rare. The clinical picture of intussusception in adults is subtle and the diagnosis is, therefore, elusive," researchers in Athens, Greece report.

"The presence of a structural abnormality in the great majority of the adult cases mandates high clinical suspicion. Gastrointestinal lipomas are rare benign tumors and intussusception due to a gastrointestinal lipoma constitutes an infrequent clinical entity. The present report describes a case of jejunojejunal intussusception in an adult with a history of severe...

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