ADULT INTUSSUSCEPTION - A CASE-REPORT

The intussusception in adults is very rare. Symptoms are atypic and di agnosis is difficult. We present the case of an 85-year-old female adm itted for vague intermittent diffuse abdominal pain since 3 months, wi th episode of diarrhoea. A mobile mass was palpable in the right iliac fossa. The barium transit demonstrated a filiform stenosis of the las t segment of ileum in the caecum. Scanner showed a ''target mass''. An ileal intussusception on caecal tumour was suggested and confirmed by laparotomy. This entity is confronted with the literature reports. Th e aetiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and treatment are discus sed.