Case Report: A Closed Loop Obstruction Secondary to Idiopathic Small Bowel Intussusception in an Elderly Woman

被引:3
作者
Aregawi, Alazar Berhe [1 ]
Girma, Abdulkerim [2 ]
机构
[1] Hawassa Univ, Hawassa Univ Comprehens Specialized Hosp, Dept Surg, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia
[2] Yanet Internal Med Specialized Ctr, Dept Radiol, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia
来源
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CASE REPORTS JOURNAL | 2023年 / 16卷
关键词
intussusception; adult; small bowel intussusception; small bowel obstruction; ADULT INTUSSUSCEPTION; DIAGNOSIS;
D O I
10.2147/IMCRJ.S398426
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Intussusception is primarily a disease of children and is the primary cause of intestinal obstruction in the pediatric age group. It accounts for around 5-16% of cases of intestinal obstruction in adults of the western population. Most cases of adult intussusception (up to 90%) are secondary to an identified structural lesion or a lead point contrary to pediatric intussusception. Adults with intussusception present with subacute or chronic symptoms of partial obstruction. CT is the best imaging to make a preoperative diagnosis of adult intussusception. The standard treatment for adult intussusception is surgery, and non-operative reduction should not be attempted. Here, we present a rare case of idiopathic small bowel intussusception in a 50-year-old woman. She presented with crampy abdominal pain for one-week duration. It was associated with frequent vomiting of bilious matter. She claimed to have had similar symptoms for the past 2 months and had repeatedly visited nearby health facilities. She had an abdominal CT, which suggested a complicated small bowel intussusception. Exploratory laparotomy was done, and there was a small bowel intussusception and an inflammatory stricture at the end of the intussusceptum, which is believed to form a closed-loop like obstruction. The intussusceptum was resected en-bloc then end-to-end jejuno-jejunal anastomosis was performed. This case report makes physicians aware of this rare condition in adults. So that they have a high index of suspicion when a patient presents with symptoms of subacute or chronic intestinal obstruction and inform that abdominal CT should be done in these circumstances and surgery is the mainstay of treatment. Our case is unique, and there is no report in the literature similar to ours.
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