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case_images: Capsule endoscopy revealed a submucosal tumor in the small bowel.
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case_images: A week after her last hematochezia episode, CE revealed a submucosal tumor with erosions in the middle jejunum (Fig. 1).
case_images: Macroscopic appearance of the small bowel (arrow).
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case_images: Intraoperatively, a neoplastic lesion was observed on the serosal side of the small bowel (120 cm distal to the ligament of Treitz) (Fig. 2).
case_images: a The resected specimen showing a 6 cm small columnar tumor. b Histopathological examination of the resected tumor showing a lipoma consisting of mature fat cells (hematoxylin and eosin staining, x10).
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case_images: The surgical specimen formed a 6 cm small columnar tumor with erosions on the grossly visible tumor surface (Fig. 3a). Histopathological examination revealed a nodular stromal tumor composed of mature fat cells in the submucosal layer with inflammatory cell infiltration and fibrosis, a finding compatible with the diagnosis of lipoma (Fig. 3b).