Giant pseudopolyps presenting as colocolic intussusception in crohn’s colitis

• Published in: The American journal of gastroenterology Vol. 93; no. 9; pp. 1591 - 1592
• Main Authors: Atten, Mary Jo, Attar, Bashar M., Mahkri, Mohammed A., Del Pino, Alberto, Orsay, Charles P.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Inc 01.09.1998; .; Blackwell Publishing
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Colonic Diseases - etiology; Colonic Diseases - pathology; Colonic Polyps - complications; Colonic Polyps - pathology; Crohn Disease - complications; Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen; Humans; Intussusception - etiology; Intussusception - pathology; Male; Medical sciences; Other diseases. Semiology; Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus; Human; Large dimension; Intussusception; Surgical resection; Differential diagnostic; Inflammatory disease; Colonic disease; Case study; Crohn disease; Symptomatology; Concomitant disease; Treatment; Surgery; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Female; Pseudodiverticulum; Benign neoplasm; Colon; Diagnosis; Polyp
• ISSN: 0002-9270; 1572-0241
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00491.x

Bowel obstruction is a well-known complication of Crohn’s disease and is usually a result of stricture formation. Intussusception due to giant pseudopolyps is a rare form of bowel obstruction even in Crohn’s disease. These giant pseudopolyps rarely regress with medical management alone and often require surgical resection.