Biliary obstruction due to duodenojejunal intussusception in Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

J Clin Gastroenterol. 1996 Oct;23(3):220-3. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199610000-00014.

Abstract

We report a 58-year-old woman with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and episodic abdominal pain over a period of 30 years, possibly due to recurrent duodenojejunal intussusception, which eventually led to complete duodenal and biliary obstruction and associated mesothelioma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cholestasis / etiology*
  • Duodenal Diseases / complications*
  • Duodenal Diseases / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intussusception / complications*
  • Intussusception / surgery
  • Jejunal Diseases / complications*
  • Jejunal Diseases / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome / complications*