Open AccessColo-colonic intussusception based on giant cecal leiomyoma
Author(s) -
José Luis Beristain-Hernández,
Mario Eduardo Torres-Olalde,
Martín Edgardo Rojano-Rodríguez,
C.D. Quiróz-Guadarrama,
Elisafat Arce-Liévano,
Rodrigo Muñoz-Gutierrez,
Sujey Romero-Loera,
Mucio Moreno-Portillo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
archives of clinical and experimental surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2146-8133
DOI - 10.5455/aces.20150818125130
Subject(s) - medicine , intussusception (medical disorder) , leiomyoma , gastroenterology , radiology
Intussusception is the telescoping of a proximal bowel wall into the lumen of a distal segment. Although common in children, it is still a rare entity in adults and usually occurs secondarily to an underlying malignant neoplasia. Intussusception is relatively rare in adults. Here is reported the case of a 40-year-old woman with extensive colo-colonic intussuception of the right colon caused by a giant polypoid tumor that turned out to be a leiomyoma. The patient was successfully treated by reduction of the intussusception and then immediate hemicolectomy. [Arch Clin Exp Surg 2016; 5(3.000): 177-179