title: [Acute bowel intussusception revealing celiac disease: a new case and literature review].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute bowel intussusception is a rare manifestation in adult, which mainly involves the small intestine. Celiac disease is a frequent small bowel disease that is largely undiagnosed in adults. We report a patient in whom spontaneously regressive small bowel intussusception was the presenting manifestation of celiac disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 40-year-old man was admitted for a right-sided iliac abdominal pain related to a small bowel intussusception. Laparotomy ruled out a digestive tumor. Persistence of diffuse abdominal pain associated with progressive and unexplained weight loss for several months led to the diagnosis of celiac disease, which was confirmed by the presence of specific serum autoantibodies and histological duodenal villous atrophy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The association between small bowel intussusception and celiac disease does not seem to be fortuitous. Based on this report and the literature review, we suggest that celiac disease can favour small bowel intussusception, even in adulthood. Therefore, diagnosis of celiac disease must be discussed in the presence of unexplained intussusception.
authors: Service de médecine interne, hôpital Nord, chemin des Bourrely, 13915 Marseille cedex 15, France.
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