Colocolic tumoral intussusception in the adult: value of multi-slice spiral CT imaging.
Colocolic intussusception in the adult, caused by a tumoral process, is a rare clinical event. We have studied two adults clinically presenting with a mass in the right iliac fossa, which was produced in one case by a carcinoma involving the right colon and in the other case involving the sigmoid. Multi-slice spiral CT imaging showed the presence of a colocolic intussusception-the tumoral characteristics of the lesion eliminated the possibility of a lipoma-and it allowed a satisfactory presurgical evaluation of the pathological process.
Cavalleri
Amila
A
Service d'Imagerie Médicale, Hôpital Princesse Grace, Monte Carlo, Monaco. amila_bih@yahoo.com
Perrin
Hubert
H
Brunner
Philippe
P
Mourou
Michel-Yves
MY
Bruneton
Jean-Noël
JN
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed