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...

Most bowel intussusceptions in adults have a leading point. However, there have been few reports of jejunojejunal intussusception secondary to a solitary juvenile polyp in adult. We report herein the case of a 19-year-old female with a solitary juvenile polyp in the jejunum causing intussusception. Laparoscopic-assisted reduction and segmental resection of the jejunum were successfully done for...

Intussusception is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in adult patients, but is common in children. In fact, it accounts for an estimated 1% of all cases of bowel obstruction in adults, although adult intussusception of the large intestine is rare. Sigmoidorectal intussusception, however, is a rare variety with few cases reported in the literature. A mucinous adenocarcinoma, a subtype of ad...

∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (S. Giestas). tumors and only 0.04% of small intestinal malignant neoplasms. GISTs may occur anywhere along gastrointestinal tract, but most commonly arise in the stomach (40--60%) and jejunum/ileum (25--30%). The clinical presentation of GISTs is highly variable depending on their size, location and presence of mucosal ulceration....

BACKGROUND Colonic intussusception is a rare congenital abnormality, mostly manifesting before the age of two with abdominal pain and acute intestinal obstruction with or without bleeding. In adults it may occur idiopathically or due to an intraluminal tumor mass. CASE PRESENTATION A 25-year-old man presented with an acute abdomen and severe crampy abdominal pain. The clinical picture mimicke...

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...

Intussusception is defined as the invagination of one segment of the gastrointestinal tract and its mesentery (intussusceptum) into the lumen of an adjacent distal segment of the gastrointestinal tract (intussuscipiens). Sliding within the bowel is propelled by intestinal peristalsis and may lead to intestinal obstruction and ischemia. Adult intussusception is a rare condition wich can occur in...

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...

Intussusception is less common in adults than in children. Intussusception in adults is associated with an identifiable etiology in 90% of cases. Lipoma of the large intestine is rare; with a reported incidence ranging between 0.2% and 4.4%. Small Lipomas are usually asymptomatic, but giant Lipomas are often presented as abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, bleeding and Intussusception. We prese...

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...