Author(s)

Carlos Hernández Brito¹, Pedro Arredondo Ruiz², Brenda Paola Sáenz Dávila², Arsenio Torres Delgado³, Luis Eduardo Méndez Turrubiates⁴, Luis Ángel Amezcua Toledo⁵, Omar Josué Herrera López⁶

¹Surgical Oncology Department, Centro Oncológico Onkolid, Veracruz, Mexico.
²Clinical Oncology Department, Centro Oncológico Onkolid, Veracruz, Mexico.
³General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Corporativo Médico-Quirúrgico Torres, Veracruz, Mexico.
⁴Radiation Oncology Department, Centro Oncológico Onkolid, Veracruz, Mexico.
⁵Radiology Department, Centro Oncológico Onkolid, Veracruz, Mexico.
⁶Anatomical Pathology Department, Centro Oncológico Onkolid, Veracruz, Mexico.

Background: Intussusception is defined as a telescoping of a proximal gastrointestinal segment with its mesentery to a distal one, only 5% occur in adults and in colon the probability that it is caused by a malignant disease is up to 65%. Only 1% occurs in a retrograde manner, the rest occur in an anterograde manner. Aim: Describe the clinical presentation of an intussusception in the adult patient as well as its most frequent causes and possible complications that influence decision making for a definitive treatment. Case Presentation: A 66-year-old woman diagnosed with colon adenocarcinoma who underwent elective transverse colectomy and colonic anastomosis with an incidental finding of a transverse colon tumor in a retrograde intussusception was studied. Conclusion: In any adult patient with an intussusception especially in colon a neoplasia should be suspected and the affected segment should be resected without being reduced due to the risk of perforation and tumor dissemination.

Colon Cancer, Colon Adenocarcinoma, Colonic Intussusception, Intussusception

Brito, C. , Ruiz, P. , Dávila, B. , Delgado, A. , Turrubiates, L. , Toledo, L. and López, O. (2024) Colon Adenocarcinoma in a Retrograde Intussusception: A Case Report and Literature Review. Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 14, 153-160. doi: 10.4236/ojgas.2024.145017.