title: Idiopathic adult intussusception.
abstract: Intussusception is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain in adults and poses diagnostic challenges for emergency physicians, due to its varied presenting symptoms and time course. Diagnosis is thus often delayed and results in surgical intervention due to the development of bowel ischaemia. We report on a young patient who presented with an ileo-ileal intussusception in whom there were no underlying lesions identified as a causal factor.
authors.affiliation: St Georges Hospital, Blackshaw road, Tooting, London, SW17 0QT, UK.
authors.forename: Sanooj
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Thiagarajan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jaiganesh