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The Permanente Journal, 2015 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.
Teng, Lu, Yi-mei, Chng
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Intussusception in adults [PDF]
American Journal of Roentgenology, 1986 A review of 25 adult patients with intussusception is reported. Intussusception in adults constituted 16.6% of 150 intussusception cases observed during 1956-1985. The underlying pathologic processes were identified in 23 patients (92%). Etiologically, adult intussusception could be categorized into four groups: (1) tumor-related (13 cases, 52%); (2 ...
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Melaena with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome: a case report [PDF]
, 2010 Introduction: Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is a rare familial disorder characterised by mucocutaneous pigmentation, gastrointestinal and extragastrointestinal hamartomatous polyps and an increased risk of malignancy. Peutz-Jeghers polyps in the bowel may
Palit, Amitabh +15 more
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A Rare Cause of Acute Abdomen in Adults: Adult Intussusception [PDF]
, 2022 Adult intussusception is rare, less common and differs from childhood intussusception in its presentation, aetiology and treatment. It is common in paediatrics of less than three years of age.1,2 Unlike in paediatric population, most adult cases ...
Muniappan, Sivaneswary +1 more
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Idiopathic adult intussusception [PDF]
International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2011 Intussusception is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain in adults and poses diagnostic challenges for emergency physicians, due to its varied presenting symptoms and time course. Diagnosis is thus often delayed and results in surgical intervention due to the development of bowel ischaemia.
Soni, Sanooj +2 more
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Gangliocytic paraganglioma leading to duodeno-jejunal intussusception: A case report
Radiology Case Reports, 2021 The intussusception of the small bowel is rarely encountered in adult patients and is frequently associated with a lead point that is often malignant. In a 69-year-old female patient with an episode of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, computed tomography (
Federico Fontana, MD +10 more
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Annals of Surgery, 1997 The objectives were to review adult intussusception, its diagnosis, and its treatment.Adult intussusception represents 1% of all bowel obstructions, 5% of all intussusceptions, and 0.003%-0.02% of all hospital admissions. Intussusception is a different entity in adults than it is in children.The records of all patients 18 years and older with the ...
T, Azar, D L, Berger
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Adult colorectal intussusception [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2014 ### Case report A 30-year-old woman presented with severe lower, colicky abdominal pain and difficulty in passing flatus. Clinical examination revealed suprapubic tenderness. An abdominal CT was performed which revealed a soft-tissue mass in the pelvis demonstrating ‘a target sign’ appearance confirming the diagnosis of intussusception (figure 1 ...
Azzopardi, Christine +3 more
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Inflammatory fibroid polyp presenting as ileocolic intussusception in adult [PDF]
, 2022 Adult intussusception generally has a distinct pathological cause as a lead point. Inflammatory fibroid polyp (IFP) is a rare non-neoplastic submucosal lesion, furthermore, that polyp causing ileocolic intussusception in an adult is even rarer.
Nila, Niveditha Ezhilarsan +3 more
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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2008 Adult intussusception is a rare clinical entity that is most often caused by a tumor, such as a lipoma, adenoma, or malignant tumor. A case of adult intussusception due to intestinal tuberculosis of the ileocecal region is reported.
Yamamoto Yoshihiro +8 more
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