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Case Reports
. 2024 Jan 26;2024(1):rjad734.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjad734. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Intestinal intussusception-not just for kids

Paul Lynch  1 , Gerard Feeney  1 , Nisar Ali  1 , Akthar Hussein  1 , Jorge Cury  1
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Case Reports

Intestinal intussusception-not just for kids

Paul Lynch et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Intussusception is a phenomenon commonly associated with the paediatric population. In adults, intussusception is frequently a result of a neoplastic process. We present the case of a 56-year-old gentleman who was diagnosed to the local Emergency Department with a 4-day history of worsening severe, left sided lower abdominal pain. The pain was colicky in nature. Computed tomography identified a long-segment intussusception involving distal small bowel, caecum, ascending colon, the entirety of transverse colon and its associated mesentery. The patient proceeded to theatre where a laparotomy and right hemicolectomy was performed. Histopathological analysis of the specimen identified an ileal myxoma as the lead-point of the intussusception. This report emphasises the value of prompt investigation in atypical clinical presentations.

Keywords: colonic resection; general surgery; intussusception.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Transverse CT image of small bowel intussusception into the ascending colon.
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Figure 2
Transverse CT image demonstrating long segment of small bowel telescoping towards splenic flexure of the colon.
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