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World J Clin Cases. Nov 6, 2019; 7(21): 3517-3523
Published online Nov 6, 2019. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i21.3517
Published online Nov 6, 2019. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i21.3517
Gastro-gastric intussusception in the setting of a neuroendocrine tumor: A case report
Alex Zhornitskiy, Long Le, Serene Tareen, Gezman Abdullahi, Department of Internal Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA 91342, United States
Deepthi Karunasiri, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA 91342, United States
James H Tabibian, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA 91342, United States
Author contributions: Zhornitskiy A, Karunasiri D, and Tabibian JH acquired and selected the figures; Zhornitskiy A, Le L, Tareen S, Abdullahi G drafted the manuscript; Tabibian JH provided supervision and critical revision of the manuscript.
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Corresponding author: James H Tabibian, MD, PhD, Academic Research, Attending Doctor, Department of Digestive Diseases, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, 14445 Olive View Dr., 2B-182, Sylmar, CA 91342, United States. jtabibian@dhs.lacounty.gov
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Received: May 20, 2019
Peer-review started: May 23, 2019
First decision: August 1, 2019
Revised: August 23, 2019
Accepted: October 5, 2019
Article in press: October 5, 2019
Published online: November 6, 2019
Processing time: 173 Days and 9.1 Hours
Peer-review started: May 23, 2019
First decision: August 1, 2019
Revised: August 23, 2019
Accepted: October 5, 2019
Article in press: October 5, 2019
Published online: November 6, 2019
Processing time: 173 Days and 9.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Intussusception in adults is an important etiology to consider in patients with acute abdominal pain; the cause may be a neoplasm, which can function as a lead point, and timely imaging is a vital part of the diagnostic evaluation. This case report describes a 40 years-old female with multiple emergency department visits for acute abdominal pain with and what was initially thought to be an incidental 13 mm gastric antral mass. The patient was ultimately diagnosed with gastric-gastric intussusception and a gastric neuroendocrine tumor as a lead point.