Intussusception happens when the proximal bowel invaginates into the distal bowel, which can compromise the blood supply and may cause bowel obstruction. Colon intussusception is rare in adults and accounts for only a small proportion of bowel obstructions. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding is rarely caused by this pathology. Intussusception may be idiopathic or the result of underlying benign or malignant pathology. The diagnosis became more reliable with the liberal use of CT. In most cases, it is recommended to respect the involved bowel segment. The patient presented here is a young, otherwise healthy female patient who presented to our hospital with abdominal pain and fresh bleeding per rectum. The CT scan revealed colon intussusception. Laparoscopic left colon resection was performed, and the pathology revealed a submucosal lipoma as the underlying cause.
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42220796
Ahmed, Mohamed, et al. "Descending Colon Intussusception Presenting With Bleeding Per Rectum." Cureus, vol. 18, no. 4, 2026, pp. e107888.
Ahmed M, He D, Asaad M, et al. Descending Colon Intussusception Presenting With Bleeding per Rectum. Cureus. 2026;18(4):e107888.
Ahmed, M., He, D., Asaad, M., Akhdar, M., & Auda, D. (2026). Descending Colon Intussusception Presenting With Bleeding per Rectum. Cureus, 18(4), e107888. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.107888
Ahmed M, et al. Descending Colon Intussusception Presenting With Bleeding Per Rectum. Cureus. 2026;18(4):e107888. PubMed PMID: 42220796.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - JOUR
T1 - Descending Colon Intussusception Presenting With Bleeding per Rectum.
AU - Ahmed,Mohamed,
AU - He,Dorothy,
AU - Asaad,Mohammed,
AU - Akhdar,Mustapha,
AU - Auda,Danya,
Y1 - 2026/04/28/
PY - 2026/4/27/accepted
PY - 2026/6/1/medline
PY - 2026/6/1/pubmed
PY - 2026/6/1/entrez
PY - 2026/4/28/pmc-release
KW - abdominal pain
KW - acute gastrointestinal bleed
KW - colon intramural lipoma
KW - colonic intussusception
KW - left-sided abdominal pain
KW - submucosal lipoma
SP - e107888
EP - e107888
JF - Cureus
JO - Cureus
VL - 18
IS - 4
N2 - Intussusception happens when the proximal bowel invaginates into the distal bowel, which can compromise the blood supply and may cause bowel obstruction. Colon intussusception is rare in adults and accounts for only a small proportion of bowel obstructions. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding is rarely caused by this pathology. Intussusception may be idiopathic or the result of underlying benign or malignant pathology. The diagnosis became more reliable with the liberal use of CT. In most cases, it is recommended to respect the involved bowel segment. The patient presented here is a young, otherwise healthy female patient who presented to our hospital with abdominal pain and fresh bleeding per rectum. The CT scan revealed colon intussusception. Laparoscopic left colon resection was performed, and the pathology revealed a submucosal lipoma as the underlying cause.
SN - 2168-8184
UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/prime/citation/42220796/Descending_Colon_Intussusception_Presenting_With_Bleeding_per_Rectum.
DB - PRIME
DP - Unbound Medicine
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