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A Review of the Literature and Report of a Case Associated with Carcinoma

ORLAND B. SCOTT, M.D.; ALEXANDER BRUNSCHWIG, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1946;52(3):253-259.

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IN the last decade there has been an increasing interest in the problems associated with the benign tumors of the stomach. In the past such lesions have been considered as relatively rare. Although reports now indicate that they occur with greater frequency than previously supposed¹ a few of the types of benign tumors may still be considered as rare, and, of these, one of the least is the submucosal lipoma.

In 1893 Tilger² emphasized the rarity of this tumor, when he reported from a series of 3,500 autopsies 14 benign gastric tumors, 2 of which were submucosal lipomas. Eliason and Wright³ in summarizing 610 collected and personal cases of benign gastric tumors, noted 30 lipomas of the stomach, including 1 from their own cases. Stewart⁴ found no submucosal lipomas in a series of 11,000 autopsies. Minnes and Geschickter⁵ mentioned 32 cases in a series of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, The School of Medicine.

Footnotes
This report was facilitated by a grant-in-aid for the study of neoplastic diseases, given by Mr. Hill Blackett, of Chicago.

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