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A Rare Case of Adult Colonic Intussusception from Benign Etiology

Defined as the tunneling of one bowel segment into an adjacent bowel segment, intussusception is typically observed in pediatric populations. Here, we present the case of a 78-year-old man who, in a series of unlikely events, developed colonic intussusception due to a benign lead point pathology. In...

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Autores principales: Sunkara, Tagore, Caughey, Megan E, Culliford, Andrea, Gaduputi, Vinaya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5837297/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29531876
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2023
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Sumario:Defined as the tunneling of one bowel segment into an adjacent bowel segment, intussusception is typically observed in pediatric populations. Here, we present the case of a 78-year-old man who, in a series of unlikely events, developed colonic intussusception due to a benign lead point pathology. Intussusception of the colon is an uncommon occurrence in adults. However, adult colonic intussusception, observed in the absence of a malignant lead point pathology, represents a true clinical anomaly.