Successful endoscopic management of adult ileocecal intussusception secondary to a large ileal lipoma.

Abstract

A 90-year-old man presented to our hospital with abdominal pain, nausea, and loss of appetite that started the day before arrival. Initial CT revealed a target sign with a low-density mass at the center located in the terminal ileum (Fig. 1). Although a severely distended small bowel and ascites were present, physical and serum laboratory findings were not suggestive of peritonitis. From the CT findings, the patient was diagnosed with adult intussusception secondary to a lipoma. Because vital signs were stable and abdominal pain was under control without administration of anesthetics, we attempted endoscopic reduction under fluoroscopic guidance (Video 1, available online at www.VideoGIE.org).