title: Adult intussusception caused by Yersinia enterocolitica enterocolitis.
abstract: Yersinia enterocolitica (YE) infection is a rare cause of intestinal intussusception, especially in adults. We herein, report a case of adult intussusception due to YE enterocolitis. A 24-year-old woman was admitted because of severe abdominal pain. She was clinically diagnosed with ileocolic intussusception on the basis of the findings of computed tomography (CT) and a gastrografin enema. Manual surgical reduction was sufficient to alleviate the intussusception. A histological examination of the lymph nodes around the ileocecum excluded lymphoma. Serological testing revealed that the cause of the intussusception was a YE infection. The patient's postoperative course was good and no recurrence was seen during the follow-up.
authors.affiliation: The 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka Medical College, Japan. akiraimoto@hotmail.co.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Imoto
authors.forename: Mitsuyuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murano
authors.forename: Azusa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Narabayashi
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: Kumi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Yosuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tokioka
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takii
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Umegaki
authors.forename: Yutaro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Egashira
authors.forename: Kazuhide
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higuchi
mesh_terms: D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000150:complications*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica; D055815:Young Adult