title: Acute pancreatitis from intussusception of a gastric polyp in a patient with Gardner's syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kurtz
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Brennan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shike
mesh_terms: 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*