The intussusception of the small bowel is rarely encountered in adult patients and is frequently associated with a lead point that is often malignant. In a 69-year-old female patient with an episode of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, computed tomography (CT) showed a duodenal-jejunal intussusception caused by an intraluminal mass. Open polypectomy and reduction of intussusception were performed and the diagnosis of gangliocytic paraganglioma was made at pathological evaluation. It would be important to consider neoplasms like gangliocytic paraganglioma in the setting of adult small bowel intussusception.

Gangliocytic paraganglioma leading to duodeno-jejunal intussusception: A case report

Basile, Antonio;
2021-01-01

Abstract

The intussusception of the small bowel is rarely encountered in adult patients and is frequently associated with a lead point that is often malignant. In a 69-year-old female patient with an episode of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, computed tomography (CT) showed a duodenal-jejunal intussusception caused by an intraluminal mass. Open polypectomy and reduction of intussusception were performed and the diagnosis of gangliocytic paraganglioma was made at pathological evaluation. It would be important to consider neoplasms like gangliocytic paraganglioma in the setting of adult small bowel intussusception.
2021
CBD, common bile duct
CT, Computed tomography
ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
GI, Gastrointestinal
GP, Gangliocytic paraganglioma
Gangliocytic paraganglioma
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Intussusception
MRCP, Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
Small bowel
WHO, World Health Organization
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