Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  2000 Jun;20(6):477-480.

Colonic Intussusception in a Patient with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis: A Case Report

• Park BH
• Kim HJ
• Kim KJ
• Dong SH
• Kim BH
• Lee JI
• Chang YW
• Chang R

Abstract

A 26-year-old man with intermittent lower, abdominal, cramping pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea was found to have intussusception by computed tomography. Whole emergency laparotomy was performed, intus-susception reduced spontaneously. Postoperately, familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) was diagnosed by colonoscopy and barium enema. Innumerous polyps were found in the entire colon and one of these was presumed to have caused sigmoid invagination. If is believed that FAP is quite a rare cause of colonic intus-susception. This case of a 26-year-old man with an intussusception of the colon due to FAP is herein reported. It is important that surgeons and internists are aware of this rare cause of intussusception due to FAP because of the therapeutic implications.

Keyword

Familial adenomatous polyposis; Intussusception

MeSH Terms

Adenomatous Polyposis Coli*
Adult
Barium
Colon*
Colon, Sigmoid
Colonoscopy
Diarrhea
Emergencies
Enema
Humans
Intussusception*
Laparotomy
Muscle Cramp
Nausea
Polyps
Vomiting
Barium