An ileo-ileal idiopathic adult intussusception: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges from the emergency department: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With this case report, we aim to draw attention to intussusception as a potential differential diagnosis in the emergency department for adults with diffuse abdominal pain and emphasize the importance of imaging studies in establishing a diagnosis and how to recognize the disease owing to possible serious and life-threatening consequences.

Case presentation

From the emergency department, intussusception was diagnosed in an adult, Caucasian, Croatian, male patient with a history of arterial hypertension and without a history of underlying intestinal disease. Family history was also without serious diseases. The 67-year-old Caucasian, Croatian, male patient presented to the emergency department with acute diffuse abdominal pain, nausea, acid regurgitation, and vomit

SUBMITTER: Blazinovic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12709813 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature