title: Vanek's polyp or inflammatory fibroid polyp. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intussusception in an adult must make us suspect the presence of a tumor (benign or potentially dangerous) as the most frequent cause. Accurate diagnosis is of great importance in order to provide appropriate treatment and improve patient prognosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 42-year-old male with abdominal pain. We performed a CT and found a small bowel intussusception. Definitive diagnosis according to the surgical specimen was inflammatory fibroid polyp (Vanek's polyp).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vanek's polyp is a benign lesion that occurs most frequently in the stomach and secondarily in the small bowel. Generally, it is uncommon, and its etiology is not completely known. Accurate diagnosis is done with immunohistochemistry. Because of the consequences that depend on the size and location of the lesion, it may be considered a malignant lesion. Treatment is resection.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Español de México, México DF, Mexico. gerar3d@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Gerardo Alfonso
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Morales-Fuentes
authors.forename: Mauricio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Ariño-Suárez
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zárate-Osorno
authors.forename: Julieta
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Jerkov
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Terrazas-Espitia
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pérez-Manauta
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000199:Actins / Q000032:analysis; D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers; D003893:Desmin / Q000032:analysis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D007443:Intussusception / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D015415:Biomarkers; D003893:Desmin