Rare case of entero-enteric intussusception caused by small bowel metastasis from a cardiac liposarcoma | Zendy

Gustavo Gomez | Zendy; Mohammad Bilal | Zendy; Paul R. Klepchick | Zendy; Kofi Clarke | Zendy

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Rare case of entero-enteric intussusception caused by small bowel metastasis from a cardiac liposarcoma

Author(s) -

Gustavo Gomez,

Mohammad Bilal,

Paul R. Klepchick,

Kofi Clarke

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

world journal of gastrointestinal oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.924

H-Index - 26

ISSN - 1948-5204

DOI - 10.4251/wjgo.v8.i3.326

Subject(s) - medicine , intussusception (medical disorder) , liposarcoma , bowel obstruction , abdominal pain , gastroenterology , metastasis , surgery , pathology , cancer , sarcoma

Primary cardiac liposarcoma is exceedingly rare and its metastatic potential varies based on the actual tumor subclass. Intestinal intussusception is also an uncommon cause of abdominal pain and bowel obstruction in adults and it usually generates at a malignant lead point in this age group. We report a case of a primary cardiac dedifferentiated liposarcoma in a pregnant woman causing small bowel seeding leading to bowel intussusception.

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