Small bowel intussusception in adults

Abstract

Intussusception is the telescoping of a proximal segment of the gastrointestinal tract into an adjacent distal segment. This rare form of bowel obstruction occurs infrequently in adults. We report a case of small bowel intussusception in an adult male patient. We have also performed a literature review of this rare condition.

Figure 1

Axial computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast showing small bowel intussusception with ‘target’ lesion (arrow)

Figure 2

Resected intussuscepted small bowel