A Rare Ileal Intussusception Caused by a Lipoma of the Ileum

Laparoscopic management of an octogenarian adult intussusception caused by an ileal lipoma suspected preoperatively: a case report

Adult intussusception is rare and usually caused by a tumor acting as the lead point. Therefore, laparotomy should be considered for the treatment. Laparoscopic procedures for use in cases of adult intussusception have been recently reported; however, there is no consensus regarding the safety and efficacy. Here, we describe a successful case of laparoscopic management of an octogenarian adult ...

Adult Ileo-Ileal Intussusception Caused by Intestinal Lipoma

Adult Ileo-Ileal Intussusception Caused by Intestinal Lipoma

Intussusception is an invagination of a portion of bowel into distal segment. While common in children, it is a rare cause of bowel obstruction in adults and usually is caused by a lead point. Most causes of adult small bowel intussusceptions are benign intestinal lesions like lipoma, leiomyoma, neurofibroma, inflammatory polyps, and meckel diverticulum.1 Patients usually present with bowel obs...

Preoperative Diagnosis of Adult Intussusception Caused by Small Bowel Lipoma

Adult intussusception is rare, accounting for only 5% of all intussusceptions, for which preoperative diagnosis is difficult. We herein report a preoperatively diagnosed case of adult intussusception caused by a small bowel lipoma. A 33-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with three weeks history of colicky epigastric pain. Computed tomography revealed thickening of the ileal wall suggest...

Laparoscopic-assisted resection of ileal lipoma causing ileo-ileo-colic intussusception.

Adult intussusception is rare, and the majority of cases has an underlying cause that requires surgical resection. We report a case of a 39 yr-old man with ileo-ileo-colic intussusception caused by ileal lipoma that was successfully managed by a laparoscopic-assisted surgical maneuver. Using a three-cannula technique, ileo-colic intussusception was reduced laparoscopically. Then, through a 4-cm...