title: Adult intussusception presenting with target sign.
abstract: Intussusception occurs when a proximal bowel segment telescopes into a contiguous distal portion. This report describes a rare case of idiopathic intussusception in a 48-year-old female, complaining of right-sided abdominal pain. The abdominal CT scan presents a classic target lesion, representing the cross-sectional image of the intussusceptum layers inside the outer intussuscipiens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. egorosp1@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Emmanuel C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Gorospe
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007443:Intussusception / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009325:Nausea; D010146:Pain; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed