Soft tissue chondroma is a relatively rare, slowly growing, benign cartilaginous tumor. This solitary mass can imitate chondrosarcomas in radiologic and histological characteristics. The diagnosis is hard to establish on clinical presentation and relies on careful radiological examination. The lesion is equally prevalent in both genders and primarily affects people in their forties and sixties. They may occur in any part of the body; however, they are most commonly observed in hand and foot. We report the case of a 61-year-old female who presented with heavily ossified soft tissue chondroma within the plantar fascia of her left foot. A conclusive diagnosis was established via histopathological examination. The chondroma was marginally excised, and the postoperative period was uneventful.
Intussusception with a lipoma as a lead point and associated bowel obstruction is very uncommon in adults. The patient presents with abdominal pain and intermittent or sudden intestinal obstruction requiring surgical intervention. We report the case of a 68-year-old male who presented with complaints of severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and constipation. A CT scan revealed ileocecal intussusception with a lipoma as a lead point. Evidence of small bowel obstruction and ascites was also noted on imaging. The patient underwent an ileocecal resection followed by an ileocolic side-to-side anastomosis. Pathological examination of the specimen revealed two adjacent submucosal lipomas with focal mucosal ischemic hemorrhagic changes of the large distal lipoma. We present this case owing to its rarity and believe that it will serve to broaden the horizon of research regarding intussusceptions secondary to submucosal lipomas.
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