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Multislice CT in adult colocolic intussusception: case report and review of the literature

Floemer, Frank ; Bissig, Heidi ; Oertli, Daniel ; Bongartz, Georg ; Hamel, Christian

In: Emergency Radiology, 2008, vol. 15, no. 5, p. 361-366

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    Titel
    • Multislice CT in adult colocolic intussusception: case report and review of the literature
    Autor
    • Floemer, Frank. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland
    • Bissig, Heidi. Department of Pathology, University Hospital Basel, Schoenbeinstrasse 4, 4003, Basel, Switzerland
    • Oertli, Daniel. Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland
    • Bongartz, Georg. Department of Radiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland
    • Hamel, Christian. Department of Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031, Basel, Switzerland
    Dokumententyp
    • Postprint
    Sprache
    • Englisch
    Veröffentlicht in
    • Emergency Radiology, 2008, vol. 15, no. 5, p. 361-366. Springer-Verlag
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    OAI-PMH-ID
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:320411
    Summary
    Intussusception in adults is generally a rare diagnosis and generally different from intussusception in children in terms of clinical presentation, etiology, and incidence (Begos et al., Am J Surg, 173:88-94, 1997; Watson and Bisset, Clin Radiol, 49:723-726, 1994; Felix et al., Am J Surg, 131:723-726, 1976). One third of these affect the large bowel. Adult intussusception shows clinically uncharacteristic symptoms of bowel obstruction; thus, the diagnosis is often clinically missed. We report the case of a 39-year-old woman suffering from long-term abdominal pain. This case report discusses the clinical advantages of multislice computed tomography for the diagnosis of adult intussusception and shows a comprehensive overview of the literature