Acute Jejunogastric Intussusception—A Case Report
Journal
Digestive Endoscopy
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
4
Pages
404-408
Date Issued
1993
Author(s)
Abstract
Abstract: Acute jejunogastric intussusception is often a life‐threating complication of gastric surgery. The present case of acute retrograde jejunogastric intussusception occurred twenty years after a Billroth II partial gastrectomy. Acute pancreatitis was misdiagnosed primarily became of a low suspicion index. The diagnosis was establised by gastroscopy and radiography. During surgery, an intussusception of 30 cm of the efferent jejunum was reduced. Jejunogastric intussusception should be strongly suspected in all patients who Present with epigastric pain, vomiting, hematemesis, abdominal mass, or/and high intestinal obstruction after previous gastric surgery. Copyright © 1993, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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journal article