Colo-rectal lipoma is uncommon. Most lesions are submucosal, single, assymptomatic , being discovered only on autopsy or at laparotomy for another condition, but sometimes it may cause change in bowel habit, bleeding, prolapse or intussusseption as in our case. The symptomatic lesions may be removed by colonoscopy, colotomy or colectomy. The authors report a case of a large lipoma in the transverse colon, submucosal, with intermittent intussusception, removed by laparotomy and segmental transverse colectomy. The patient made an uneventful recovery.
lipoma; colo-rectal lipoma; prolapsed polips; colonic intussusseption
