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Adult intussusception due to a malignant polyp: a case report
C Dener1, S Bozoklu, A Bozoklu
1Department of Surgery, Fatih University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
The American Surgeon
|April 20, 2001
Abstract:
Intussusception is primarily a disease of childhood; only about 5 to 10 per cent of cases occur in adults. In contrast to childhood intussusception 90 per cent of adults have an associated pathologic process, usually a malignant lesion. Adult cases do not have the classical symptoms and diagnosis may be difficult. CT scan and barium studies are the most useful diagnostic methods. We report a very rare case of adult ileocecocolic intussusception caused by a pedunculated malignant polyp of the cecum and review the clinical features of intussusception.