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Martin Grbavac1,2, Branko Bakula1,2, Ivan Romic3,4
1Department of Surgery, University Hospital Sveti Duh, Zagreb, Croatia.
Abstract:
First described by Barbette in 1674, intestinal intussusception represents a telescoping of proximal bowel segment into the lumen of the adjacent aboral segment. Adult intussusception comprises only about 5% of all intussusceptions. We present a case of 28-year male patient who complained of colicky, intermittent epigastric pain for the last one month. Imaging detected specific signs of intussusception. Laparotomy revealed enteric intussusception of the jejunum caused by an intraluminal tumour, confirmed to be a benign lipoma on histology. Small bowel obstruction caused by jejunal lipoma in adults is a rare clinical entity and must be kept in mind when evaluating adult patients with abdominal pain. Key Words: Intussusception, Lipoma, Ileus, Jejunum.
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