Adult intussusception due to cocaine-induced bowel wall hematoma: a case study.
The authors present a patient in whom colocolic intussusception occurred as a result of bowel wall ischemia and hematoma. Imaging features and pathogenesis of bowel ischemia and intussusception will be briefly discussed, as well as its relationship to cocaine abuse. The importance of recognizing complications of cocaine abuse in today's emergency department patient population will be emphasized.
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8131, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. petersonc@wustl.edu
Christine M
CM
Peterson
Christine O
CO
Menias
Dennis M
DM
Balfe
Bradley A
BA
Freeman
D000328:Adult; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography