Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine (Jun 2018)

A rare case of adult chronic intussusceptions

  • A. D. Dharmapala,
  • K. Samarasekara,
  • S. K. Ileperuma

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4038/sljm.v27i1.84
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 1
pp. 78 – 81

Abstract

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Chronic intussusception is the prolapse of a portion of bowel into the lumen of an adjacent segment of the bowel usually lasting 14 days or more. We report on a 65-year-old man who presented with a fifteen month history of generalized cramping lower abdominal pain without any change in bowel habits. Plain abdominal x-ray, ultrasonography and CT were performed. Laparotomy revealed an ileo-ileal intusussception; there was no cause identified and the intussusception was easily reproducible peroperatively. The intussusception was reduced and the small intestine was plicated.

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