title: Adult intussusception with autoamputation and preservation of bowel continuity.
abstract: We present a case of adult intussusception with autoamputation and preservation of bowel continuity. Our patient, a 65-year-old man, passed a 65-cm segment of large bowel per anus with spontaneous recovery and with a two-month follow-up free of symptoms secondary to the intussusception. Mesenteric ischemia secondary to angiography with distal embolization two weeks prior to the event may have been a precipitating factor in this unusual form of intussusception.
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000473:pathology*