| Back to Homepage | Case 399 | Surgical Pathology Case |
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| A 66 years old had a partially colectomy for a large polyp that was found during screening coloscopy. Grossly, a 3.7 × 3.2 × 3.0 cm submucosal polyp is noted with flattened overlying mucosa. The polyp is very soft to touch, and the cut surface is well-circumscribed and homogenously pale-yellow and soft. Microscopically, the lesion consists of mature adipose tissue. | ||
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| Diagnosis: Submucosal lipoma of colon | ||
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| Source: Department of Pathology, Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, NE Photo: Zenggang Pan Discussion: Zenggang Pan | ||