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Intussusception and Intestinal Obstruction

SAMUEL L. GOLDBERG, M.D.; VICTOR FINK, M.D.; BARRY GOLDSMITH, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1963;86(2):233-234.

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Metastatic invasion of the small bowel by blood-borne metastasis from distant malignant growths occurs rarely.^1,13 These may manifest themselves by intestinal obstruction either with or without intussusception. The following case report of a metastatic osteogenic sarcoma causing a small bowel polyp with intussusception and intestinal obstruction is, as far as we can tell from a review of the literature as far back as 1900, the only such case reported.

Report of a Case

A 38-year-old grade school principal was admitted to Michael Reese Hospital for the first time on Sept. 9, 1960, with a chief complaint of persistent vomiting for 8 hours prior to admission.

Twenty-two months before the present admission, he had had a mid-thigh amputation for osteogenic sarcoma of the left femur. Six thousand roentgens of radiation by the linear accelerator were given to a solitary metastasis in the left upper lobe of the lung over a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Departments of Surgery and Medicine, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 20, 1962.

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