Colocolic Intussusception on Sigmoid Tumor: Case Report
Published: 2020-06-10
Page: 163-166
Issue: 2020 - Volume 3 [Issue 1]
A. El Bakouri
Department of Emergency General Surgery, Wing 35, Hassan 2 University of Casablanca, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Casablanca, Morocco.
A. Elkarouachi *
Department of Emergency General Surgery, Wing 35, Hassan 2 University of Casablanca, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Casablanca, Morocco.
M. Bouali
Department of Emergency General Surgery, Wing 35, Hassan 2 University of Casablanca, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Casablanca, Morocco.
K. Elhattabi
Department of Emergency General Surgery, Wing 35, Hassan 2 University of Casablanca, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Casablanca, Morocco.
F. Z. Bensardi
Department of Emergency General Surgery, Wing 35, Hassan 2 University of Casablanca, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Casablanca, Morocco.
A. Fadil
Department of Emergency General Surgery, Wing 35, Hassan 2 University of Casablanca, Ibn Rochd University Hospital Casablanca, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
We report a case of colocolic intussusception of a sigmoid tumor in a 45-year-old woman. The clinical presentation was abdominal pain. The abdominal ultrasound examination was suggestive of intussusception. The CT scan confirmed the diagnosis of intussusception by showing a segment of the descending colon embedded in the sigmoid producing a cockade appearance. The procedure done was a segmental left colonic resection with a double-barreled ileocolostomy. Histopathological examination revealed a moderately differentiated liberkuhn adenocarcinoma.
Keywords: CT scan, intestinal obstruction, intussusception, surgery