Colonic Intussusception in a Patient with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: A Case Report.
- Author:
Byeong Heon PARK
1
;
Hyo Jong KIM
;
Kyeong Jin KIM
;
Seok Ho DONG
;
Byung Ho KIM
;
Joung II LEE
;
Young Woon CHANG
;
Rin CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Familial adenomatous polyposis;
Intussusception
- MeSH:
Adenomatous Polyposis Coli*;
Adult;
Barium;
Colon*;
Colon, Sigmoid;
Colonoscopy;
Diarrhea;
Emergencies;
Enema;
Humans;
Intussusception*;
Laparotomy;
Muscle Cramp;
Nausea;
Polyps;
Vomiting
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2000;20(6):477-480
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 26-year-old man with intermittent lower, abdominal, cramping pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea was found to have intussusception by computed tomography. Whole emergency laparotomy was performed, intus-susception reduced spontaneously. Postoperately, familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) was diagnosed by colonoscopy and barium enema. Innumerous polyps were found in the entire colon and one of these was presumed to have caused sigmoid invagination. If is believed that FAP is quite a rare cause of colonic intus-susception. This case of a 26-year-old man with an intussusception of the colon due to FAP is herein reported. It is important that surgeons and internists are aware of this rare cause of intussusception due to FAP because of the therapeutic implications.
