Apreviously healthy 30-year-old woman presented with intense left-sided abdominal pain.
Results of routine blood tests were normal. A computed tomography image was highly …

Intussusception is a process in which a segment of intestine invaginates into the adjoining
intestinal lumen, causing bowel obstruction. It is a common paediatric surgery emergency …

Intussusception is defined as the invagination of one segment of the bowel into an
immediately adjacent segment of the bowel. Idiopathic ileocolic intussusception is the most …

Intussusception of the bowel is defined as the telescoping of a proximal segment of the
gastrointestinal tract within the lumen of the adjacent segment. This condition is frequent in …

Discussion A rare cause of abdominal pain in adults is intussusception. Telescoping of
bowel causes symptoms of bowel obstruction and in infants typically presents with …

Background: Intestinal intussusception in the adult is a rare entity that differs greatly in
etiology from its pediatric counterpart. Controversy remains regarding the optimal …

Objective Intestinal intussusception in adult patients is rare. In contrast with paediatric
patients, it is usually secondary to a definable lesion, often malignant. The purpose of this …

Nineteen cases of surgically proven symptomatic pediatric small bowel intussusceptions
(SBI) were retrospectively reviewed. Clinical presentations included vomiting (89.5%) …

Background Intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in young
children, and delayed diagnosis may lead to serious sequelae. The objective of this study …

Background: According to the clinical literature, intestinal intussusception in adults is rare, is
associated with a pathologic lead point, and is usually treated surgically. Nonobstructing …