Ultrasonographic diagnosis of adult intussusception caused by pedunculated colon carcinoma

Tokai J Exp Clin Med. 2008 Apr 20;33(1):39-41.

Abstract

Adult intussusception is clinically rare. We report a case with colon intussusception caused by a pedunculated polyp of the sigmoid colon in a 54-year-old male. Abdominal ultrasonographic screening for hematochezia showed intussusception in the sigmoid colon, demonstrating a multiple concentric ring sign and a mobile leading colon polyp. Histological examination of a biopsy specimen of the polyp revealed adenoma. This report suggests that ultrasound imaging is a modality of choice for differential diagnosis of intestinal intussusception with hematochezia in adults.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenomatous Polyps / complications
  • Adenomatous Polyps / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colonic Polyps
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / diagnostic imaging
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Intussusception / diagnostic imaging*
  • Intussusception / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / complications
  • Sigmoid Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color