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A Case of Multiple Polyps Causing Intussusception in an Adult Patient With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome
Despite intussusception being less prevalent among adults, its effects are severe and often require emergency intervention. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome that leads to the growth of polyps in the gastrointestinal mucosa. In this case report, we present the case of a 26...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9675891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36415380 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30532 |
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author | Alharbi, Ebtehal S Alrumayh, Jawaher S Alzaghran, Raneem H Algaith, Nada K Shaheen, Abdel Nasser |
author_facet | Alharbi, Ebtehal S Alrumayh, Jawaher S Alzaghran, Raneem H Algaith, Nada K Shaheen, Abdel Nasser |
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description | Despite intussusception being less prevalent among adults, its effects are severe and often require emergency intervention. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome that leads to the growth of polyps in the gastrointestinal mucosa. In this case report, we present the case of a 26-year-old man who was brought to the emergency room complaining of crampy abdominal pain, vomiting, and constipation. Intussusception was observed on imaging and confirmed at surgery. The necrotic parts of the small bowel were resected. Postoperatively, the patient was stable, had minimum pain, and did not have any complications throughout the hospital stay. He was discharged home on day seven and advised to follow up. The course at the one-month follow-up was uneventful with no similar episodes. This case report is intended as a reminder for emergency physicians to consider intussusception as a potential diagnosis in patients presenting with abdominal pain and bowel obstruction because the symptoms are often non-specific and episodic. |
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spelling | pubmed-96758912022-11-21 A Case of Multiple Polyps Causing Intussusception in an Adult Patient With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Alharbi, Ebtehal S Alrumayh, Jawaher S Alzaghran, Raneem H Algaith, Nada K Shaheen, Abdel Nasser Cureus General Surgery Despite intussusception being less prevalent among adults, its effects are severe and often require emergency intervention. Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome that leads to the growth of polyps in the gastrointestinal mucosa. In this case report, we present the case of a 26-year-old man who was brought to the emergency room complaining of crampy abdominal pain, vomiting, and constipation. Intussusception was observed on imaging and confirmed at surgery. The necrotic parts of the small bowel were resected. Postoperatively, the patient was stable, had minimum pain, and did not have any complications throughout the hospital stay. He was discharged home on day seven and advised to follow up. The course at the one-month follow-up was uneventful with no similar episodes. This case report is intended as a reminder for emergency physicians to consider intussusception as a potential diagnosis in patients presenting with abdominal pain and bowel obstruction because the symptoms are often non-specific and episodic. Cureus 2022-10-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9675891/ /pubmed/36415380 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30532 Text en Copyright © 2022, Alharbi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | General Surgery Alharbi, Ebtehal S Alrumayh, Jawaher S Alzaghran, Raneem H Algaith, Nada K Shaheen, Abdel Nasser A Case of Multiple Polyps Causing Intussusception in an Adult Patient With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome |
title | A Case of Multiple Polyps Causing Intussusception in an Adult Patient With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome |
title_full | A Case of Multiple Polyps Causing Intussusception in an Adult Patient With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome |
title_fullStr | A Case of Multiple Polyps Causing Intussusception in an Adult Patient With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Multiple Polyps Causing Intussusception in an Adult Patient With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome |
title_short | A Case of Multiple Polyps Causing Intussusception in an Adult Patient With Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome |
title_sort | case of multiple polyps causing intussusception in an adult patient with peutz-jeghers syndrome |
topic | General Surgery |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9675891/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36415380 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.30532 |
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