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Adult intussusception secondary to diverticular disease

Habib Syed1, Labib Syed2, Umesh Parampalli3

  • 1Medical Student, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.

BMJ Case Reports
|November 11, 2018
PubMed

Insights

Adult intussusception is rare, often caused by tumors. This case highlights a 92-year-old man with sigmoid-rectal intussusception due to a diverticular stricture, a less common cause.

Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Colorectal Surgery
  • Surgical Pathology

Background:

  • Intussusception, the telescoping of one bowel segment into another, is uncommon in adults.
  • Adult intussusception typically arises from an organic lesion, frequently a malignant neoplasm.

Observation:

  • A rare case of intussusception in a 92-year-old male patient is presented.
  • The intussusception involved the sigmoid-rectal colon.

Findings:

  • The intussusception was found to be secondary to a diverticular stricture.
  • This etiology is an infrequent cause of adult intussusception.

Implications:

  • Diverticular strictures should be considered in the differential diagnosis of adult intussusception.
  • This case broadens the understanding of etiological factors for intussusception in the elderly.

Keywords:
gastroenterologygeneral surgery

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