Intussusception is a relatively frequent cause of bowel obstruction in infancy, but it accounts for only 02% the adult population. The median age presentation adults with intussusception sixth to seventh decade. In vast majority intussusceptions, there demonstrable inflammatory lesion or neoplasm that serves as lead point intussusception. However, up 20% cases are idiopathic. Neoplasms causing ...

BACKGROUND The term intussusception refers to invagination of a segment of the gastrointestinal tract into the lumen of an adjacent segment. This is a rare entity and it is more prevalent in children and less common in adults. The diagnosis of intussusception in adults is difficult as a result of the nonspecific signs and symptoms. As there are many common causes of acute abdomen, intussuscepti...

Intussusception as a cause of intestinal obstruction in adults is rare. There is invariably an underlying pathology which leads to intussusception in adults. A case of intussusception in an adult due to a small intestinal lipoma is presented in view of this association. Ultrasound and CECT may help in a preoperative diagnosis. However early surgical intervention is the mainstay of treatment in ...

Small bowel intussusception is a rare congenital disease entity, mostly manifesting before the age of two with abdominal pain and acute intestinal obstruction. In adults, colon intussusception is a rare event causing approximately 1% of all acute intestinal obstructions and they can occur idiopathically in adults or due to an intraluminal tumor mass. We report a case of an enterogenous cyst cau...

Intussusception is a rare diagnosis in adults and generally has pathological cause. In this case report, we highlight an adult, male patient who presented with typical signs symptoms of intussusception, was subsequently confirmed imaging. After 24 hours no clinical improvement, the intussusception resolved through laparoscopic approach. No lead point or other cause identified that may have cont...

Recurrent abdominal pain is a common and challenging presenting chief complaint in the Emergency Department. Intussusception in adults, although rare, is an important etiology to consider. The diagnosis can often be delayed because of the nonspecific and intermittent nature of symptoms in adults. This report presents the case of a 37-year-old man with multiple Emergency Department visits for ab...

Intussusception is a relatively rare condition in the adult population and is commonly secondary to a malignant process. Eight to twenty percent of cases of adult intussusception are thought to be idiopathic. In children, infection has been proven to precipitate intussusception in the absence of any other cause. We present a rare case of intussusception in a healthy adult patient secondary to s...

Intussusception is a paediatric condition that rarely presents in adults. We report an exceptional case of ileocolic intussusception prolapsing from the rectum in an adult with Von Recklinghausen’s disease. A 31-year-old man with Von Recklinghausen’s disease presented to emergency department with a history of severe abdominal pain, vomits and rectal bleeding. Abdominal computed tomography showe...

Unlike pediatric intussusception, intestinal intussusception is infrequent in adults and it is often secondary to a pathological condition. The growing use of Multi-Detector Computed Tomography (MDCT) in abdominal imaging has increased the number of radiological diagnoses of intussusception, even in transient and nonobstructing cases. MDCT is well suited to delineate the presence of the disease...

BACKGROUND Intestinal intussusception is a common pathology among children, whereas it is a rare entity in adults. The child/adult ratio is abdominal surgeries and in 1/100 patients operated on for intestinal obstruction. Clinical manifestations of adult intussusception are nonspecific and patients may present with acute, intermittent or chronic symptoms, predominantly those of intestinal obstr...