A rare cause of intussusception in the adult: intestinal bezoar.

Please cite this article as: Calero P, Scortechini M, Valiente J. Excepcional causa de intususcepción en el adulto: bezoar intestinal. Revista de Gastroenterología de México. 2014;79:145-146. Institute where study was carried out: Hospital de Hellín, Albacete, Spain. ∗ Corresponding author: Servicio de Cirugía General y Digestiva del Hospital de Hellín. Hospital de Hellín. Calle Juan Ramón Jiménez, 40. CP 02400 Hellín, Albacete. Tel.: +34658432088; fax: +34967597202. E-mail address: [email protected] (P. Calero). Intestinal intussusception is a rare cause of bowel obstruction in the adult, and no such one produced by a bezoar has been described in the medical literature. A 49-year-old man with an unremarkable past medical history came to the Emergency Department complaining of abdominal pain in the epigastrium of 3-4 day progression, associated with a reduced number and quantity of daily bowel movements. Physical examination was consistent with bowel obstruction. A plain abdominal film revealed segment dilation up to the jejunum (Figs. 1 and 2). An abdominal