We report a case of laparoscopic-assisted surgery for intussusception caused by Peutz-Jeghers-type polyps. An 18-year-old woman was referred to our hospital because of abdominal pain and vomiting.A contrast-enhanced computed tomography examination showed a small intestinal intussusception caused by large polyps in the ileal tract. We performed an emergency laparoscopic-assisted surgery with partial resection of the ileum. The intraoperative findings revealed an intussusception about 30 cm length in the oral intestine at a location 160 cm from the terminal ileum. The histopathological diagnosis was hamartomatous polyps in a patient with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. We herein report this case in detail and review the relevant literature.
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