Double jejunal intussusception in an adult with chronic subileus due to a giant lipoma: a case report

Chir Ital. 2005 Mar-Apr;57(2):239-42.

Abstract

We present a case of a 40-year-old male with a clinical history of intermittent intestinal occlusion, abdominal pain and moderate weight loss. Physical examination and laboratory tests were unremarkable. Diagnostic imaging including CT, MR and small-bowel barium X-rays provided evidence of a jejunal lesion of an unknown nature downstream of the ligament of Treitz. Only at surgery was it possible to identify a double intussusception due to a giant stalked polyp which the histological examination revealed to be a submucosal lipoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Chronic Disease
  • Humans
  • Intussusception / etiology*
  • Jejunal Diseases / etiology*
  • Jejunal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Lipoma / complications*
  • Male