Abstract
A 61-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of a right lower abdominal tumor and pain lasting for about 17 years. Abdominal CT scan indicated an intussusception in the ascending colon, but the right lower abdominal tumor disappeared spontaneously. An idiopathic intussusception was suspected, because no possible causes could be determined by aggressive imaging studies. At laparotomy, intussusception due to a tumor in the ileum locating 50cm to the terminal ileum was detected, and the affected portion was resected. The resected specimen showed a submucosal tumor 2.5×2.5×2.5cm in size and several polyps of 4mm in size. Histopathologically they were benign lipoma and inflammatory polyps, respectively. We report this case with a review of a total of 153 cases of adult intussusception reported for a last one decade in Japan.
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