Cecal polyp and appendiceal intussusception in a child with recurrent abdominal pain: diagnosis by colonoscopy.
A 7-year-old boy developed recurrent abdominal pain. He was eventually discovered to have an inverted appendix via colonoscopy. At surgery, a polyploid intracecal mass was palpated at the base of the partially invaginated appendix. Resection of the cecal mass (histologically, a juvenile polyp) and appendix was easily accomplished. The types of clinical presentation and treatment of children with appendiceal intussusception are discussed.
Bailey
D J
DJ
Department of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology), University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610.
Courington
K R
KR
Andres
J M
JM
Bagwell
C E
CE
Hitchcock
C L
CL
D000005:Abdomen; D001065:Appendix; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007443:Intussusception / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012008:Recurrence