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Obstructive acute abdomen due to intestinal intussusception in adolescent
Fecha
2012Registro en:
HEALTHMED, SARAJEVO, v. 6, n. 8, supl., Part 1-2, p. 2838-2840, MAY-JUN, 2012
1840-2291
Autor
Neto, Modesto Leite Rolim
Sousa Filho, Edgle Pedro de
Teixeira, Saulo Araujo
Gonçalves, Eduardo Silvio Gouveia
Macedo Junior, João Antonio de
Reis, Alberto Olavo Advincula
Abreu, Luiz Carlos de
Ramalho Filho, Henrique Cesar Nascimento
Institución
Resumen
Introduction: Intestinal intussusception is a rare disease out of childhood. It is represented by an invagination of a bowel into the lumen of the adjacent segment. Case Report: This article reports a case of 14 year-old patient presenting intestinal obstruction caused by an intussusception at the level of the terminal ileum. A surgical resection of the invaginated segment was done and the histopathological study disclosed no evidence of malignancy. Discussion: In children, it is usually idiopathic, but among adolescents and adults it is often related to anatomic lesions, some of them neoplastic with high risk of malignancy. Preoperative diagnosis of intestinal intussusception is difficult due to its nonspecific and subacute symptoms. Computed tomography and ultrassonography can confirm the intussusception through characteristic images. Conclusion: Intestinal intussusception in adolescents is a rare and often misdiagnosed disease, deserving special attention from surgeons and general doctors.