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Adult intussuception as a cause of abdominal symptoms: a case report and review of literature

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Intussusceptions are frequently encountered in children. In adults, they are uncommon and have a different etiology. Our case is one such example of a rare, pathologically proven, recto-rectal intussusception due to an adenocarcinoma with characteristic CT findings.

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  1. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Department of Radiology, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555–0709, USA

    Rajeev K. Shah, Santiago Marroquin, Randy E. Ernst, Leonard E. Swischuk & Jose A. Hernandez

  2. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Department of Internal Medicine, Galveston, Texas, USA

    Stephanie A. Shaw

  3. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston School of Medicine, Galveston, Texas, USA

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Shah, R.K., Shaw, S.A., Marroquin, S. et al. Adult intussuception as a cause of abdominal symptoms: a case report and review of literature. Emergency Radiology 10, 53–56 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-002-0266-z

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