Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Batista Castillo, Rodolfo Manuel
• Martínez Alarcón, Raquel
• Montserrat Martí, Angelina
• Pamies Tomas, Juan José

Titel

Intestinal intussusception in adult as an uncommon cause of mechanical obstruction

Ist Teil von

• Revista española de enfermedades digestivas, 2023-05

Ort / Verlag

Spain

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A 61-year-old woman admitted for epigastric abdominal pain, three months of evolution, worsens after ingestion, associating abdominal distension and constipation. Physical examination: abdominal pain and distension in the mesogastric zone. Blood tests: slight increase in C-reactive protein; abdominal X-ray: the small bowel dilatation; computed tomography scan: small bowel obstruction due to intussusception. An exploratory laparotomy was performed, confirming a mechanical intestinal occlusion secondary to 5 centimeters jejunal intussusception (image 3); It was execute an intestinal resection with adequate margins and an anisoperistaltic mechanical side-to-side anastomosis. Correct postoperative evolution; hospital discharge on the sixth day. Pathology report: polypoid intussusception, 4.3x3.3 centimeters, superficial ulceration, edema, chronic inflammation; resection margins without alterations.