Preoperative diagnosis of intestinal intussusception in pregnancy - A casereport

BACKGROUND: Intestinal intussusception is a rare event during pregnancy. Th e diagnosis of intestinal obstruction from any cause in pregnancy is made m ore difficult by the common overlapping complaints of nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain, which may persist during the second trimester. CASE: Intestinal obstruction occurred at 17 weeks' gestation. A preoperativ e diagnosis of intussusception was made by ultrasound by demonstrating mult iple ecodense and ecolucent rings in the right lower quadrant of the abdome n. CONCLUSION: Ultrasonography may support the diagnosis of intussusception in pregnant women with intestinal obstruction.