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Intussusception of the Colon

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Manual of Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Intussusception of the colon occurs infrequently in adults.1–5 The etiology is entirely different from that of the ileocolic intussusception that occurs in infants and children since in adults the disease is nearly always caused by a tumor. The tumor is usually benign or of low-grade malignancy, since invasion of the muscular wall by an invasive cancer may lead to fixation of the mass to the parietal peritoneum. Lipomas of the right colon are the most common cause of intussusception, but villous adenomas or polypoid carcinomas may also be involved. In exceptional circumstances a low- grade carcinoma may be extruded from the anus; in one of our cases such a tumor had originated in the transverse colon.

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  1. Massachusetts General Hospital, Warren Building, 275 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA

    Claude E. Welch M.D., D.Sc., F.A.C.S. (Clinical Professor Surgery Emeritus at Harvard Medical School; Senior Surgeon) & Leslie W. Ottinger M.D., F.A.C.S. (Harvard University Associate Professor of Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital; Visiting Surgeon)

  2. University of Connecticut, 85 Jefferson Street, Hartford, Connecticut, 06106, USA

    John P. Welch M.D., F.A.C.S. (Adjunct Assistant Porfessor of Surgery at Dartmouth Medical School; Assistant Professor of Surgery)

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  1. Claude E. Welch M.D., D.Sc., F.A.C.S.
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Welch, C.E., Ottinger, L.W., Welch, J.P. (1980). Intussusception of the Colon. In: Manual of Lower Gastrointestinal Surgery. Comprehensive Manuals of Surgical Specialties. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6012-7_13

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