Extensive adult colo-colonic intussusception from ascending colon to sigmoid colon: report of a case

Turk J Gastroenterol. 2004 Sep;15(3):201-3.

Abstract

Intussusception in adults is relatively rare. Here we report a 52-year-old man with an extensive colo-colonic intussusception caused by a polypoid mass in the ascending colon. The mass, which was 10 x 8 x 5 cm in size, had been palpated preoperatively and was suspected to be a sigmoid tumor. The patient was treated successfully by reduction of the invagination and subsequent right hemicolectomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Colectomy
  • Colon, Ascending / diagnostic imaging
  • Colon, Ascending / surgery
  • Colon, Sigmoid / diagnostic imaging
  • Colon, Sigmoid / surgery
  • Colonic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Colonic Diseases / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Intussusception / diagnosis*
  • Intussusception / surgery*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed