Vanek's tumor of the small bowel in adults

作     者：Bassam Abboud 

作者机构：Department of General SurgeryHotel Dieu de France HospitalFaculty of MedicineSaint-Joseph University 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2015年第21卷第16期

页      面：4802-4808页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Small bowel Inflammatory fibroid polyps Abdominal pain Intussusception Computed tomographyscan Surgery 

摘      要：Inflammatory fibroid polyps(IFPs), or Vanek s tumor, are one of the least common benign small bowel *** affects both sexes and all age groups, with a peak of incidence in the fifth and seventh *** can be found throughout the gastrointestinal tract but most commonly in the gastric antrum or *** underlying cause of IFPs is still *** study of IFP showed mutations in platelet derived growth factor alpha in some *** the time of diagnosis most IFPs have a diameter of 3 to 4 *** lesions have always been recorded as solitary *** depend on the location and the size of the lesion, including abdominal pain, vomiting, altered small bowel movements, gastrointestinal bleeding and loss of *** arising below the Treitz ligament can present with an acute abdomen, usually due to *** computed tomography is currently considered the most sensitive radiological method to show the polyp or to confirm *** inflammatory fibroid polyps can be removed by *** is rarely *** laparoscopy or laparotomy is frequently recommended as the best treatment for intussusceptions caused by *** operation should be performed as early as possible in order to prevent the intussusceptions from leading to ischemia, necrosis and subsequent perforation of the invaginated bowel *** report aims at reviewing the diagnosis, etiology, genetics, clinical presentation, endoscopy, radiology, and best treatment of IFP.