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Rare case of entero-enteric intussusception caused by small bowel metastasis from a cardiac liposarcoma
Gustavo Gomez1, Mohammad Bilal1, Paul Klepchick1
1Gustavo Gomez, Kofi Clarke, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15229, United States.
Abstract:
Primary cardiac liposarcoma is exceedingly rare and its metastatic potential varies based on the actual tumor subclass. Intestinal intussusception is also an uncommon cause of abdominal pain and bowel obstruction in adults and it usually generates at a malignant lead point in this age group. We report a case of a primary cardiac dedifferentiated liposarcoma in a pregnant woman causing small bowel seeding leading to bowel intussusception.
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