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Roux‐en‐Y intussusception after pediatric liver transplant – A case report
Author(s) -
Shakhin Victoria,
Iyer Kishore,
Chu Jaime,
Ramaswami Archana,
Lester Neil,
Ar Ronen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1111/petr.12743
Subject(s) - medicine , intussusception (medical disorder) , etiology , complication , liver transplantation , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , jaundice , general surgery , transplantation
Small bowel obstruction in a pediatric patient following liver transplant often results from adhesions, hernias, or post‐transplant lymphoproliferative disease. Here, we present an unusual and previously unreported entity – Roux‐en‐Y intussusception in an eight‐yr‐old female several years after liver transplantation. Although a rare complication, Roux‐en‐Y intussusception should be considered as a potential etiology in the patient presenting with bowel obstruction, with specific attention to acute presentation accompanying jaundice.

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