Abstract:Adult intussusception is a rare disease, found 5% of all cases of intussusceptions and almost 1%-5% of bowel obstruction. In adults, intussusception is typically due to a pathologic lead point within the bowel, which is malignant in over 50% of cases. Inflammatory fibroid polyp (also known as Vanek' stumour) is an uncommon, non-neoplastic proliferating lesion which can develop in various parts of the gastro-intestinal tract but most commonly in the gastric antrum and the ileum. Here we present a case of 35 yea… Show more
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