| Literature DB >> 27279973 |
Didier Tshibangu Mujinga1, François Tshilombo Katombe1.
Abstract
Some cases of suppurative mesenteric adenitis have already been described in the literature but not associated with intussusception. We describe the case of a 3-year-old boy presenting to the department of surgery at the University Hospital of Lubumbashi with bowel obstruction. He was visited elsewhere, in the previous 12 days, for diarrhea, vomiting, fever, coma and treated for cerebral malaria and blackwater fever. Surgery revealed an ileal intussusception and a suppurative mesenteric adenitis whose pyoculture revealed the presence of Enterobacter cloacae, sensitive to norfloxacin. We performed desinvagination, sucked the pus out into a syringe and excized completely the site of suppurative adenitis. The evolution of patient was good. The clinician must know that the association between suppurative mesenteric adenitis and intussusceptions exists. The diagnosis is not easy and there is the risk of developing acute peritonitis due to its fistulation in the abdominal cavity.Entities:
Keywords: Adenitis; intestinal; intussusception; obstruction
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27279973 PMCID: PMC4885714 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2016.23.148.8590
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1Radiographie de l'abdomen à blanc qui montre des niveaux hydroaériques centraux plus larges que haut et une dilatation importante du grêle rempli de gaz prédominant dans la fosse iliaque gauche, le flanc gauche, l'hypochondre gauche. Une opacité hypogastrique et dans la fosse iliaque droite
Figure 2Boudin d'invagination
Figure 3La désinvagination est réalisée: on voit que l'intestin est sain mais sur le mésentère plusieurs ganglions hypertrophiés et une masse jaune (adénite mésentérique suppurée) au sein de ces ganglions
Figure 4La seringue qui contient le pus aspiré par ponction de l'adénite mésentérique suppurée