title: Intussusception: a rare complication in a patient with acute leukaemia after consolidation chemotherapy.
abstract: Intussusception is telescoping of one segment of the gastrointestinal tract into an adjacent one. It is more common in children than adults. When it occurs in adults, it is usually associated with a lead point. Intussusception is very rare in acute leukaemia and has only been reported in few cases. We present a case of an adult woman who presented with intussusception after a cycle of consolidation chemotherapy with high-dose cytarabine for acute myeloid leukaemia. Other causes of acute abdominal pain were excluded, and the diagnosis was established by CT scan of the abdomen and barium enema. No pathological lead points were found intraoperatively. She underwent a right-sided hemicolectomy with complete recovery. To the best of our knowledge, this is only the fourth case of intussusception that has been reported in an adult patient with acute myeloid leukaemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2233-6539
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Qasrawi
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Mouhanna
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6210-6116
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abu Ghanimeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abughanimeh
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri Kansas City, Hematology and Oncology, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Abdulraheem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Qasem
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D060830:Consolidation Chemotherapy; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007443:Intussusception / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D003561:Cytarabine