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Case Reports
. 2018 Nov 8:2018:bcr2018226678.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226678.

Adult intussusception secondary to diverticular disease

Habib Syed  1 , Labib Syed  2 , Umesh Parampalli  3 , Mokhtar Uheba  4
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Adult intussusception secondary to diverticular disease

Habib Syed et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Intussusception is the invagination of a proximal segment of bowel into the lumen of an adjacent distal segment. It is a common condition in the paediatric age group although it rarely occurs in adults. Organic lesions in the bowel wall are the primary cause of adult intussusceptions with malignant neoplasms being the most common. However, we present a rare case of a 92-year-old man diagnosed with an intussusception of the sigmoid-rectal colon secondary to a diverticular stricture.

Keywords: gastroenterology; general surgery.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Abdominal X-ray showing large bowel obstruction.
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Coronal view of abdominal CT showing sigmoidorectal intussusception. The red arrow indicates the site of intussusception and the typical ‘doughnut’ sign of intestinal intussusception.
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