title: [Intussusception in adults. Case report with uncommon etiology and review of the literature].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of adult intussusception with uncommon etiology.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Intussusception is a relatively common cause of intestinal obstruction in children, but is a rare clinical entity in adults, representing less than one per cent of intestinal obstruction in this patient population.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on 72-year old female patient with intestinal obstruction due to ileocolic intussusception related to leiomyosarcoma of the terminal ileum. A synchronic adenocarcinoma in the cecum was identified. The patient underwent right hemicolectomy and terminal ileum resection with primary anastomosis. Her postoperative course was uneventful. The patient is free of all evidence of disease at 2 year of follow-up. A thorough review of the literature of adult intussusception was carried out.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  From this review, the recommendation is to resect all cases of adult intussusception, different from the recommended approach in pediatric population.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Colonia Sección XVI, Tlalpan, DF, CP 14000. herimd@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Heriberto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Medina-Franco
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramos-de la Medina
authors.forename: Julián
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arista-Nasr
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002432:Cecum / Q000473:pathology; D003082:Colectomy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology; D007443:Intussusception / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors