Lipoma of the Small Intestine: A Cause for Intussusception in Adults

Intussusception as a cause of intestinal obstruction in adults is rare. There is invariably an underlying pathology which leads to intussusception in adults. A case of intussusception in an adult due to a small intestinal lipoma is presented in view of this association. Ultrasound and CECT may help...

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Autores principales: Vagholkar, Ketan, Chavan, Rahulkumar, Mahadik, Abhishek, Maurya, Inder
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4532934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26295002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/856030
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author Vagholkar, Ketan
Chavan, Rahulkumar
Mahadik, Abhishek
Maurya, Inder
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description Intussusception as a cause of intestinal obstruction in adults is rare. There is invariably an underlying pathology which leads to intussusception in adults. A case of intussusception in an adult due to a small intestinal lipoma is presented in view of this association. Ultrasound and CECT may help in a preoperative diagnosis. However early surgical intervention is the mainstay of treatment in order to confirm the diagnosis of the underlying pathology, thereby avoiding misdiagnosis of an underlying cancer.
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spelling pubmed-45329342015-08-20 Lipoma of the Small Intestine: A Cause for Intussusception in Adults Vagholkar, Ketan Chavan, Rahulkumar Mahadik, Abhishek Maurya, Inder Case Rep Surg Case Report Intussusception as a cause of intestinal obstruction in adults is rare. There is invariably an underlying pathology which leads to intussusception in adults. A case of intussusception in an adult due to a small intestinal lipoma is presented in view of this association. Ultrasound and CECT may help in a preoperative diagnosis. However early surgical intervention is the mainstay of treatment in order to confirm the diagnosis of the underlying pathology, thereby avoiding misdiagnosis of an underlying cancer. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4532934/ /pubmed/26295002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/856030 Text en Copyright © 2015 Ketan Vagholkar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lipoma of the Small Intestine: A Cause for Intussusception in Adults
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title_fullStr Lipoma of the Small Intestine: A Cause for Intussusception in Adults
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4532934/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26295002
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/856030
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