Adult Intussusception In An Intramembranous Jejunum

Abstract

A 38 year-old man presented with a long history on intermittent epigastric abdominal pain. He had been treated empirically for peptic ulcer disease. His symptoms included severe pain, abdominal distension and vomiting. There was a palpable epigastric mass. The symptoms worsened so rapidly to warrant emergency laparotomy without definitive diagnostic investigations. The mass contained a jejuno-jejunal intussusception within a membrane. Enterotomy was necessary to enable reduction of the intussusception. Intestinal resection was done because of an unviable intestinal segment. The literature is reviewed.

Nigerian Quarterly Journal of Hospital Medicine Vol.9, No.3 (1999) pp. 184-185