Adenomyoma of the small intestine in children: a rare cause of intussusception: a case report

Adenomyomas are hamartomas of the alimentary tract with exceptionally rare localization at the ileum. The case presented here concerns an infant aged 18 months suffering from adenomyoma of the ileum, which was responsible for the development of ileoileac intussusception. Our paper aims at underlinin...

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Published in:	Turkish journal of pediatrics Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 345 - 347
Main Authors:	Mouravas, Vassilios, Koutsoumis, Georgios, Patoulias, John, Kostopoulos, Ioannis, Kottakidou, Rodosula, Kallergis, Kanstantinos, Kepertis, Chrysostomos, Liolios, Nikolaos
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Turkey 01-10-2003
Subjects:	Adenomyoma - complications Adenomyoma - diagnostic imaging Adenomyoma - physiopathology Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Female Humans Ileal Diseases - diagnostic imaging Ileal Diseases - etiology Ileal Diseases - pathology Infant Infant, Newborn Intussusception - diagnostic imaging Intussusception - etiology Intussusception - pathology Male Radiography Ultrasonography
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Summary:	Adenomyomas are hamartomas of the alimentary tract with exceptionally rare localization at the ileum. The case presented here concerns an infant aged 18 months suffering from adenomyoma of the ileum, which was responsible for the development of ileoileac intussusception. Our paper aims at underlining the particularities of this extremely rare entity, while adding the 13th case reported to the international bibliographic references.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-3 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Review-1 ObjectType-Feature-5 ObjectType-Report-2 ObjectType-Article-4
ISSN:	0041-4301