Jejunal Intussusception through a Gastro-Enterostomy Stoma

Abstract

Intussusception through a gastro-enterostomy stoma has been reported many times in the literature of surgery, but we find little reference to this condition in roentgenological literature. The symptoms in the following case correspond well with those presented in the several case reports that have come to our attention. W. B., aged 47, male, was referred to our office by Dr. M. E. Steinberg for gastro-intestinal x-ray examination, April 20, 1943. He complained of intermittent attacks of pain in the left epigastrium occurring periodically since performance of a gastro-enterostomy in 1931. He had previously had an operation for a perforated gastric ulcer in 1930, At times the pain was relieved by food. There was no history of gastric hemorrhage or blood in the stool. X-ray examination was reported as follows: “A barium meal was given and the esophagus was normal. The barium entered the stomach in the normal fashion and passed readily to the pars media. At this point the barium divided into two streams and i...