Idiopathic intestinal intussusception causing intestinal obstruction in an adult: a case report and review of the literature
Imen Ben Ismail, Hakim Zenaidi, Marwen Sghaier, Saber Rebii, Ayoub Zoghlami · 2026
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Imen Ben Ismail and co-authors report a rare case of the gut telescoping into itself in an adult, with no cause found, in work from 2026. In children the event is common; in adults it is rare and usually driven by a growth or lesion. Small bowel cases with no driver are rarer still.
Their patient was a forty-two-year-old woman with three days of pain, vomiting, and a blocked bowel. Scans showed the classic target pattern where one gut segment slid into the next, with no lesion in sight. Surgery confirmed it, and gentle hand pressure undid the slide without cutting bowel out. She went home on day three.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Imen Ben Ismail, Hakim Zenaidi, Marwen Sghaier, Saber Rebii, Ayoub Zoghlami |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |