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Review
. 2015 Winter;19(1):79-81.
doi: 10.7812/TPP/14-125.

Adult intussusception

Teng Lu  1 , Yi-mei Chng  2
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Review

Adult intussusception

Teng Lu et al. Perm J. 2015 Winter.

Abstract

Recurrent abdominal pain is a common and challenging presenting chief complaint in the Emergency Department. Intussusception in adults, although rare, is an important etiology to consider. The diagnosis can often be delayed because of the nonspecific and intermittent nature of symptoms in adults. This report presents the case of a 37-year-old man with multiple Emergency Department visits for abdominal pain and with negative results for prior imaging studies, who was eventually diagnosed with intussusception after 5 years of recurrent symptoms. The case study is followed by a review of the literature regarding the diagnosis and management of intussusception in adults.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Abdominal computed tomography with intravenous contrast of a 37-year-old man with enteroenteric intussusception. Top: axial view showing the characteristic “target sign” in the left upper quadrant. Bottom: coronal view with jejunum-jejunal intussusception again seen in the left upper quadrant.
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