Clinical imageAdult intussusception
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Point of Care Abdominal Ultrasound
2024, Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRIAdult intussusception: still a challenging diagnosis for the surgeon
2023, Revista de Gastroenterologia de MexicoIleocolonic intussusception presenting as chronic diarrhea in an elderly woman
2023, VideoGIECitation Excerpt :While more common in children, it is considered one of the rare causes of mechanical large-bowel obstruction in adults accounting for 1% to 5% of cases. Malignancy accounts for nearly 65% of all cases of intussusception in adults, and surgery is considered a first-line option.2,3 We report an 86-year-old Asian woman referred to our clinic with a 1-month history of intermittent and progressively worsening diarrhea and 6-lb weight loss over 4 months.
Colonic Intussusception and Volvulus
2019, Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract: 2 Volume SetIntussusception as a rare cause of bowel obstruction in a woman with recurrent ovarian cancer
2018, Gynecologic Oncology ReportsCitation Excerpt :Haas et al., 2003) Small bowel intussusceptions are less likely to be secondary to an underlying cancer, as only one-third of these cases result from a neoplastic process.( Haas et al., 2003) The majority of these cancer-related cases are metastatic to the small bowel, often in the setting of metastatic melanoma.( Karakousis et al., 1974) Of particular relevance to gynecologic surgeons, endometriosis is a known benign cause of intussusception, generally because of cecal involvement.(
Retrograde-jejuno-jejunal-intussusception 7 years after a Roux-Y-gastric bypass
2015, Journal de Chirurgie Viscerale