JOURNAL OF THE LOUISIANA STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY
RADIOLOGY CASE OF THE MONTH Intussusception in Adults: Is There a Lead Point?
Lorena Garza, MD; Nhan Nguyen, MD; Jeremy Nguyen, MD; Cynthia Hanemann, MD
A 36-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with a 4-day history of progressive lower abdominal pain accompanied by nausea.
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IMAGING FINDINGS
Figures 1 and 2: Axial and sagittal contrast enhanced computed tomography (CECT) at the level of the ileocecal region demonstrate a target-like appearance of the proximal ascending colon, with amorphous hyperdense central components (yellow circle), concerning for a mass. Figure 3 represents an image taken at colonoscopy which reveals an enlarged and exophytic friablemass (yellow arrow) occupying most of the cecal circumference at the level of the ileocecal valve.
What is your diagnosis? Elucidation is on page 27.
26 J La State Med Soc VOL 169 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017
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