Juvenile polyps in the small intestine presenting as jejunojejunal intussusception in a 10-year-old child: report of a case.
We report herein the case of a 10-year-old child with small bowel obstruction caused by jejunojejunal intussusception of a juvenile polyp. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the third case reported of a juvenile polyp in the small intestine and the first case to be documented in the English literature.
Department of Pathology, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Shatrughan Prasad
SP
Sah
Chandra Shekhar
CS
Agrawal
Prakash Chandra
PC
Jha
Sudha
S
Rani
D002648:Child; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male