A 55-year-old man presented with upper abdominal discomfort. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) and a colonoscopic biopsy revealed non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the ileocecal region. An FDG-PET/CT scan performed three days after colonoscopy demonstrated intense FDG activity in the right abdomen on a maximal projection PET image (Picture 1). There were no other foci of abnormal FDG activity. The CT po...

Background and study aims  Invagination, which can occur in any part of the intestine, usually affects children and is the second most common cause of intestinal obstruction after pyloric stenosis. The cause of these intussusceptions in children is usually unknown and they typically occur within the ileocolic region. Management of pediatric patients with the condition often consists of surgical...

Association between celiac disease and intussusception has been reported in adult. Although intussusception is common in children, it rarely has been reported in association with celiac disease. Two children, 5 and 7 years old, with celiac disease are reported here, whose initial presentation was intussusception prior to investigation for concomitant failure to thrive. They presented with acute...

In children presenting to hospital with gastrointestinal symptoms, diseases such as intussusception and acute appendicitis require particular attention and careful examination. Early diagnosis and proper treatment are important because of possible severe complications such as peritonitis and death. Intussusception and appendicitis share similar clinical manifestations. More importantly, the pre...

Several previous studies have evaluated the usefulness of plain abdominal radiographs for the diagnosis of pediatric intussusception, although investigation of the most specific clues to diagnose intussusception has not been studied alone. The 3 most specific findings of intussusception include intraluminal mass or intussusceptum, nonvisualized air-filled cecum, and obscured liver margin or rig...

Protrusion of a bowel segment into another (intussusception) produces severe abdominal pain and culminates in intestinal obstruction. In adults, intestinal obstruction due to intussusception is relatively rare phenomenon, as it accounts for minority of intestinal obstructions in this population demographic. Organic lesion is usually identifiable as the cause of adult intussusceptions, neoplasms...

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder characterized by intestinal hamartomatous polyps in association with mucocutaneous pigmentations. Main symptoms of PJS in childhood are abdominal pain, obstruction, intussusception, and bleeding from hamartomatous polyps. PJS carries a high risk of gastrointestinal cancer with advancing years. Although, intussusception has...

Adult intussusception is a rare entity. In adults, 90% have a cause for intussusception which is usually a polyp, adenoma, adhesion, hamartoma, or tumor as a lead point. Rarely described is heterotopic pancreatic tissue with lipoma as a lead point. Here, we report a case of a 35-year-old male patient who presented with diffuse abdominal pain for 1 day. Computed tomography scan of the abdomen an...

postoperative intussusception in adults is an extremely rare clinical entity. postoperative intussusception caused by a jejunal peritoneal cyst is even rarer. etiopathogenesis of this clinical condition is not well understood. in the given case it seems to be a complication of prolonged contact of a draining tube with bowel. we present a case of postoperative spontaneous intussusception in a 72...

A 16-year-old German Warmblood mare was presented with an acute history of abdominal pain that failed to respond medical treatment. Diagnostic evaluations including transabdominal and transrectal ultrasound palpation were suggestive a small-intestinal intussusception. Exploratory laparotomy revealed duodenoduodenal intussusception the proximal middle third duodenum. The horse subjected euthanas...