CT features of symptomatic adult intussusception with surgical correlation: a study of six cases
Journal Title: Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Adult Intussusception is a rare cause of bowel obstruction and is often secondary to a benign or malignant tumour. This study describes the CT features of 6 surgically managed cases of adult intussusception presenting with signs of intestinal obstruction between 2010 and 2012. All had CT scan followed by surgical resection of bowel obstruction. The clinical, imaging and surgical data of these 6 cases is analysed. Pre-operatively CT scan correctly diagnosed intussusception in all cases. Of them five had a mass lesion as lead point. One had past history of gastric surgery. The tumours were adenocarcinoma (n=2) and one each of NonHodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL), inflammatory polyp and sub-mucosal lipoma. The patient with NHL had multiple polyps and multiple intussusceptions.Pre-operative CT scan precisely depicted the underlying cause, mechanism and anatomy of intussusceptions. A tumour is the lead point in most cases of adult intussusceptions.
Authors and Affiliations
Sujata Patnaik| Department of Radiology and Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad-500082, Andhra Pradesh, India, N. Bheerappa| Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad-500082, Andhra Pradesh, India, N. Muralidhar| Department of Surgical Oncology, Mahatma Gandhi Cancer Hospital, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, S. Rammurti| Department of Radiology and Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad-500082, Andhra Pradesh, India
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP12705
- DOI -
- Views 360
- Downloads 21
Neurodegenerative changes in different regions of brain, spinal cord and sciatic nerve of rats treated with sodium fluoride
Fluoride is known to cross the blood-brain barrier and alter the structure and function of neural tissue. There are few authoritative reports on neurodegenerative changes in hippocampus, neocortex, cerebellum, spinal...
Maternal short stature: A risk factor for low birth weight in neonates
Low birth weight (LBW) is the most common cause of perinatal mortality, causing almost 30 percent of neonatal deaths. On the other hand, maternal short stature is known to cause a lot of obstetric complications like ce...
Analgesic prescriptions: time for painful choices
Structured exercise interventions for type 2 diabetes mellitus: Strength of current evidence
Exercise, along with medical nutrition therapy and pharmacological interventions, is an important component in the clinical management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Current clinical guidelines on Type 2 diabetes provid...
Mixed variant calcinosis cutis
A 7 year old boy presented with multiple, raised, hard nodules of varying sizes over both elbows and right knee and small milia like lesions over the chin. Serum levels of calcium, phosphorus and uric acid were normal...