LIPOMA-INDUCED JEJUNOJEJUNAL INTUSSUSCEPTION - US AND CT DIAGNOSIS

Citation
J. Urbano et al., LIPOMA-INDUCED JEJUNOJEJUNAL INTUSSUSCEPTION - US AND CT DIAGNOSIS, Abdominal imaging, 21(6), 1996, pp. 522-524
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
ISSN journal
09428925
Volume
21
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
522 - 524
Database
ISI
SICI code
0942-8925(1996)21:6<522:LJI-UA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A case study of a patient who presented with abdominal pain and a palp able mesogastric mass is discussed. Ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) demonstrated that the palpable mass was jejunojejunal intussusce ption of the small intestine. Tile lead point of the intussusception w as a lipoma that appeared in the CT scan as a small intramural mass wi th an attenuation coefficient of fat.