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.
Department of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology), University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610.
D J
DJ
Bailey
K R
KR
Courington
J M
JM
Andres
C E
CE
Bagwell
C L
CL
Hitchcock
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