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Review
. 2014 Jan;96(1):11-4.
doi: 10.1308/003588414X13824511650579.

Small bowel intussusception in adults

J Potts  1 , A Al Samaraee  2 , A El-Hakeem
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Review

Small bowel intussusception in adults

J Potts et al. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2014 Jan.

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.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Axial computed tomography of the abdomen with contrast showing small bowel intussusception with ‘target’ lesion (arrow)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Resected intussuscepted small bowel
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