Inflammatory fibroid polyp of the ileum causing intussusception.

Saudi Med J

Department of General Surgery, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, PO Box 38, Postal Code 123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.

Published: June 2005

Intussusception in adults is a rare cause for intestinal obstruction and is usually secondary to some lesion in the gastrointestinal tract GIT. We report a case of intestinal obstruction due to ileo-colic intussusception; an inflammatory fibroid polyp formed the leading edge of the intussusceptum, which is a rare polypoidal lesion of the GIT.

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