Gastrointestinal stromal tumor causing small bowel intussusception in a patient with Crohn's disease.
We report a case of jejunoileal intussusception in a 42-year-old patient with Crohn's disease caused by a gastrointestinal stromal tumor. The patient complained of vague diffuse abdominal pain for a period of 4 mo. Intussusception was suspected at computer tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans. Segmental resection of the small intestine was performed. Pathological examination of the surgical specimen revealed a gastrointestinal stromal tumor as well as aphthous ulcerations and areas of inflammation, which were characteristic of Crohn's disease. This is the first report of small bowel intussusception due to a gastrointestinal stromal tumor coexisting with Crohn's disease.
Theodoropoulos
George E
GE
First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocration University Hospital, Athens 11527, Greece.
Linardoutsos
Dimitrios
D
Tsamis
Dimitrios
D
Stamopoulos
Paraskevas
P
Giannopoulos
Dimitrios
D
Zagouri
Flora
F
Michalopoulos
Nikolaos V
NV
D000328:Adult; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications*; D046152:Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013281:Stomatitis, Aphthous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed