Abstract
Intussusception in adults is generally a rare diagnosis and generally different from intussusception in children in terms of clinical presentation, etiology, and incidence (Begos et al., Am J Surg, 173:88–94, 1997; Watson and Bisset, Clin Radiol, 49:723–726, 1994; Felix et al., Am J Surg, 131:723–726, 1976). One third of these affect the large bowel. Adult intussusception shows clinically uncharacteristic symptoms of bowel obstruction; thus, the diagnosis is often clinically missed. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman suffering from long-term abdominal pain. This case report discusses the clinical advantages of multislice computed tomography for the diagnosis of adult intussusception and shows a comprehensive overview of the literature.
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Floemer, F., Bissig, H., Oertli, D. et al. Multislice CT in adult colocolic intussusception: case report and review of the literature. Emerg Radiol 15, 361–366 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-007-0682-1
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