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TWO CASES OF SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION DUE TO INTUSSUSCEPTING INFLAMMATORY FIBROID POLYPS
Author(s) -
Pritchett C. J.,
Pang S. W.,
Branicki F. J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb07016.x
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory fibroid polyp , bowel obstruction , gastroenterology , feature (linguistics) , intestinal polyp , radiology , gastrointestinal tract , linguistics , philosophy
Two case studies of inflammatory fibroid polyps are described. The most important feature of these lesions is that they represent a non‐malignant cause of intestinal obstruction in elderly patients which is easily resected and does not recur.