Intestinal tumor lesions leading to intussusception in children: a report of four cases and literature review

Annals of Pediatric Surgery

Table 1 Characteristics of the four cases of intussusception secondary to IT lesions

Case	1	2	3	4
Age (years)	8	5	8	1
Sex	Female	Male	Female	Female
Clinical presentations	Vomiting + acute abdominal pain + history of intermittent abdominal pain	Acute abdominal pain + history of recurrent abdominal pain with vomiting	Acute abdominal pain + history of intermittent generalized abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting	Distended abdomen with multiple soft consistency masses
Preoperative imaging	US + CT	US + CT + Barium enema	US	CT
Tumor location/intussusception type	Ileum/ileocolic intussusception	Caecum/ileocolic intussusception	Jejunum/jejuno-jejunal intussusception	Ileum/ileo-ileal intussusception
Management	Resection and end-to-end anastomosis	Enterectomy containing the mass and diverting stoma	Elective removal of intestinal lesion	Resection of the involved segment and end-to-end anastomosis
Histopathological examination	Submucosal intestinal lipoma	Burkitt’s lymphoma	Jejunal Peutz-Jeghers polyps	Intestinal hamartomatous polyps