Lipoma-induced jejunojejunal intussusception: US and CT diagnosis.

Abdom Imaging

Radiodiagnostic Department, Body CT Section, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, c/ Dr Esquerdo, 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain.

Published: December 1996

A case study of a patient who presented with abdominal pain and a palpable mesogastric mass is discussed. Ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) demonstrated that the palpable mass was jejunojejunal intussusception of the small intestine. The lead point of the intussusception was a lipoma that appeared in the CT scan as a small intramural mass with an attenuation coefficient of fat.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002619900118DOI Listing

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