Adult Small Bowel Intussusception and Resolution Captured on Pelvic Ultrasound

Cureus. 2019 Sep 11;11(9):e5622. doi: 10.7759/cureus.5622.

Abstract

While abdominal pain is one of the leading causes for ED visits, intestinal intussusception is an infrequent etiology in adults. We present the case of a 22-year-old woman with five days of left lower quadrant abdominal pain with initial workup investigating for a genitourinary source utilizing pelvic ultrasound which revealed small bowel-small bowel intussusception. During the study, resolution of the intussusception correlated temporally with the patient's symptoms. Transient small bowel intussusception in adults has been previously described; however, direct visualization of both the intussusception and its resolution on pelvic ultrasound has not been previously published.

Keywords: abdominal pain; adult intussusception.

Publication types

  • Case Reports