Case report: obstructive jaundice secondary to an intussuscepting duodenal villous adenoma.
Small intestinal tumours are rare, forming 1% of all gastrointestinal tumours; most occur in the duodenum. Villous adenomas form only a very small proportion of the duodenal tumours. They usually occur in the periampullary region and show a marked propensity for malignant change. The usual mode of presentation is with non-specific pain, jaundice or occult bleeding. Obstruction and pancreatitis are infrequent clinical presentations. Intussusception secondary to a duodenal tumour of any histological type is rarer still. A case of intussusception of a villous adenoma resulting in obstructive jaundice is described.
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, St George's Hospital, London.
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D000236:Adenoma / Q000150:complications*; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology*; D004379:Duodenal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged