Colorectal intussusception secondary to sigmoid carcinoma in an adult.
Although intussusception is relatively common in children, it is clinically rare in adults A 54-year-old woman who presented with cramping abdominal pain and rectal bleeding was found to have sigmoid rectal intussusception secondary to adenomatous polyps of the sigmoid colon. Following confirmation of intussusception by CT scan, surgical resection was performed after manual reduction.
Elabsi
Mohamed
M
University Mohamed V., Department of the Emergency Surgery, General (UCV) Hospital University, Ibn Sina Rabat, Morocco. mohamed.elabsi@caramail.com
Amraoui
Mohamed
M
Elouannani
Mohamed
M
Echarab
Mahjoub
M
Elalami
El Hassan Faricha
el HF
Errougani
Abdelkader
A
Chkof
Moualay Rachid
MR
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D018256:Adenomatous Polyps / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*