title: Ileocolic intussusception due to endometriosis.
abstract: Intussusception is a rare cause of bowel obstruction in adults. Clinical manifestations are not specific, making the preoperative diagnosis difficult to establish. We report a case of acute small-bowel obstruction due to ileocolic intussusception. An emergency explorative laparoscopy was performed and revealed a mass in the right colon proximal to the ileocecal valve. Conversion to open laparotomy allowed us to perform a right hemicolectomy. The pathologic examination of the resected sample revealed endometriosis of the terminal ileus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Corfu General Hospital, Corfu, Greece. ykoutsourelakis@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Koutsourelakis
authors.forename: Haris
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Markakis
authors.forename: Spiros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koulas
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mparmpantonakis
authors.forename: Eleni
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perraki
authors.forename: Kallinikos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Christodoulou
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery