INTRODUCTION Small bowel intussusception is rare in adults and accounts for one percent of all bowel obstructions. Malignancy is the etiologic agent in approximately 50 percent of all cases. CASE PRESENTATION Our first patient was an 80-year-old Caucasian woman with signs and symptoms of intermittent bowel obstruction for the last 12 months. Pre-operative investigation by abdominal computed t...

Background: Intussusception is a frequent cause of bowel obstruction in children but is rare in adults. In about 90% of cases, adult intussusception has identifiable cause acting as the lead point. A lipoma may develop as a benign tumor in any organ but rarely in large or small intestines. Intussusception due to a gastrointestinal lipoma constitutes an infrequent clinical entity. We present a c...

BACKGROUND Intussusception has been identified as a rare adverse event following rotavirus immunization. We sought to determine the incidence of intussusception among infants in Canada both before and after introduction of rotavirus immunization programs. METHODS We used Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) to identify infants under 1 y of age who...

and successfully treated using endoscopic submucosal dissection Adult intussusception represents 5% of all cases of intussusception, and accounts for 1% of all cases of bowel obstruction [1]. Due to the significant risk of malignancy associated with this condition, with neoplasia found in approximately 65% of cases [2], intussusception in adults is treated by surgery, and in most cases cancer i...

Intussusception in adults is uncommon, and it is rare in the descending colon because of its fixation to the retroperitoneum. We herein describe a case of intussusception caused by descending colon cancer. A 74-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for treatment of vomiting and abdominal pain. He had undergone chemotherapy for lymph node recurrence of stomach cancer for about 4 years. Compu...

INTRODUCTION Colo-colic intussusception is extremely rare in adults and few cases have been described secondary to a lypomatous polyp. CASE REPORT We present the case of a 50-year old man with chronic abdominal pain who was diagnosed a colo-colic intussusception secondary to a lipoma of the left colon. The patient underwent laparoscopic resection of the splenic flexure without reduction, whic...

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is an uncommon disease that generally lacks symptoms and is rarely associated with intussusception. A 29-year-old man visited our hospital for right upper abdominal pain. Computed tomography (CT) scan revealed multiple air-filled cysts along the intestinal wall and a pseudokidney sign in the transverse colon. A gastrographin enema examination showed a so...

Intussusception, derived from the Latin roots intu “within” and susceptio “action of undertaking,” is the invagination of segments of bowel creating an often-transient obstruction. Adult cases account for only 5% [1] of all gastrointestinal intussusception cases and are commonly attributed to the formation of a small bowel lipoma. Adult intussusception is a very rare occurrence with some estima...

Introduction: Intussusception is commonly discussed in the context of children. However in adults, intussusception is an identified diagnosis accounting for 5% of all intussusceptions. A malignant etiology is always suspected in adults; however, rarely as in this case, a benign bowel lesion may be the underlying cause. case report: In this case report, we present an unusual case of a 36-year-ol...

Introduction: Although intussusception is a rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction in adults, traumatic intussusception is exceedingly rare. In adults, intussusception contributes less than 1–5% of bowel obstructions. The first report of the diagnosis of intussusceptions was over three centuries ago (1674) by Barbette in Amsterdam. However, the first surgical treatment for this condition in...