A Case of Adult Idiopathic Ileocecal Intussusception Reduced by Colonoscopy.
- Author:
Kyoung Min KIM
1
;
Jong Han KIM
;
Tae In HA
;
Sang Ryul CHUNG
;
Seung Soo MOON
;
Eun A LEE
;
Soo Hyoung LEE
;
Yong Mok BAE
;
Jeong Ho HEO
;
Yong Seon PYEUN
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Daedong Hospital, Busan, Korea. mini506@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Adult idiopathic intussusception;
Colonoscopic reduction
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Adult*;
Aged;
Appendectomy;
Child;
Colonoscopy*;
Humans;
Intestinal Obstruction;
Intussusception*;
Kidney;
Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic;
Male;
Ultrasonography
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2005;30(4):226-229
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Intussusception frequently occurs in children as the main causes of intestinal obstruction in childhood but relatively rare in adult. A 65-year-old male visited our hospital because of abrupt onset right lower quadrant pain with tenderness for three days. He had a previous history of appendectomy and alcoholic liver cirrhosis. On physical exam, bowel sound was decreased. Abdomen ultrasonography showed a kidney like mass and abdominal computed tomography revealed the typical target lesion in the ileocecal area. Colonoscopy was performed which failed to find any lesion leading to intussusception. After the colonoscopy, the abdminal pain had disappeared, and we would not find any intussusception sign by abdominal ultrasonography. Colonocopy was done two weeks later. No pathologic lesion was found, then. We report a case of adult idiopathic ileocecal intussusception reduced by colonoscopy.
