Laparoscopic-assisted resection of juvenile polyp of the jejunum in a 3-year-old girl.
Sporadic juvenile polyp of the jejunum is exceedingly rare, reported only once in the English literature. We describe a 3-year-old girl with a long-lasting history of chronic iron deficiency anemia and a delayed diagnosis of jejunal polyp. The lesion was eventually discovered by ultrasonography and successfully resected using a laparoscopic-assisted transumbilical approach.
Pediatric Surgery Unit, Sapienza University of Rome, Azienda Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, RM 00161, Italy.
Silvia
S
Ceccanti
Simone
S
Frediani
Fabio
F
Manganaro
Maria
M
Barbato
Adriana
A
Marcheggiano
Denis A
DA
Cozzi
D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007443:Intussusception / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007580:Jejunal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography