Acute pancreatitis from intussusception of a gastric polyp in a patient with Gardner's syndrome.
Gastric polyps in Gardner's syndrome are usually benign small fundic gland neoplasms with little clinical significance. We report a case of gastroduodenal intussusception secondary to a large benign gastric polyp in a 44-year-old woman with Gardner's syndrome who presented with acute pancreatitis. The intussuscepted polyp caused obstruction of the ampulla of Vater with subsequent acute pancreatitis.
Herman
L L
LL
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021.
Kurtz
R C
RC
Brennan
M F
MF
Shike
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005736:Gardner Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D011127:Polyps / Q000150:complications*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*