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Polyps. A 10-year-old boy with known Peutz-Jeghers syndrome presenting with abdominal pain. A and B, Ultrasound imaging in this patient found a small bowelYsmall bowel intussusception as cause for the pain (not clearly shown). A polyp as lead point is seen (between arrows in image A, between calipers in image B). C, A barium follow-through study shows the presence of multiple endoluminal filling defects in the small bowel compatible with multiple small polyps (arrows).  

Polyps. A 10-year-old boy with known Peutz-Jeghers syndrome presenting with abdominal pain. A and B, Ultrasound imaging in this patient found a small bowelYsmall bowel intussusception as cause for the pain (not clearly shown). A polyp as lead point is seen (between arrows in image A, between calipers in image B). C, A barium follow-through study shows the presence of multiple endoluminal filling defects in the small bowel compatible with multiple small polyps (arrows).  

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