Jejuno-jejunal invagination caused by epithelioid sarcoma: a case report

• Author(s): Bento, A ; Baptista, H ; Pinheiro, C ; Martinho, F
• Date: 2009
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/798
• Origin: Repositório do Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
• Subject(s): Sarcoma; Neoplasias dos Tecidos Moles; Invaginação
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

INTRODUCTION: Jejuno-jejunal invagination is a rare condition and is usually caused by a benign lesion. We describe the case of a patient with a jejunal epithelioid sarcoma. Epithelioid sarcoma is a rare histologic subtype of sarcoma and few cases have been published. CASE PRESENTATION: A 70-year-old Caucasian man presented with vomiting and anemia. A jejuno-jejunal invagination was diagnosed and the patient underwent surgery. An epithelioid sarcoma of the wall of the jejunum was found on the invaginated ansa. CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge, an epithelioid sarcoma has never been reported to arise at the wall of the proximal jejunum or to present with jejuno-jejunal invagination