Background : Intussusception in adults is a rare condition that is difcult to diagnose due to its clinical polymorphism.
Its diagnosis has become easier thanks to advances in medical imaging. The treatment of intussusceptions in adults is
surgical because of the high incidence of causative organic lesions. Our work is a prospective study which aims to determine theObjective :
clinical and etiological peculiarities of acute intussusceptions in adults, to specify the diagnostic and therapeutic difculties and to draw practical
conclusions regarding the optimal therapeutic management of this rare condition. Our work is a retrospective study,Materials and methods:
covering a series of 06 cases of acute intussusception operated on in the visceral surgery department of the Avicenne Military Hospital in
Marrakech, over a period of 6 years, from January 2014 to May 2020. Data relating to clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and histological
reports were collected and analyzed. Six cases of acute intussusceptions in adults were collected over a period of six years, amountingResults:
one case per year. The average age was 52 with a female predominance of 66%. Four out of 6 patients had been seen urgently. The diagnosis was
made preoperatively in all cases, ie 100% by using ultrasonography and CT. The ultrasound showed a "target" image in one case and a "pseudo-
kidney" image in another. CT made it possible to make the diagnosis in all cases, and objectied an etiological diagnosis in 4 patients, ie 66.6% of
cases. The pure enteric form was the most frequent (3 out of 6 cases), ie 50% of cases. There was one case of intestinal necrosis. Bowel resection
was performed in 6 cases, or 100%. The cause of intussusception was found in all patients, including a benign tumor cause in 66.6% of cases. The
immediate postoperative follow-up was straightforward in all patients We can conclude that the acute intussusception in adults is aConclusion:
rare entity that should be considered in any patient with subacute abdominal pain. And we propose that oncological resection should be carried
out in all cases of intestinal intussusception without attempting reduction regardless the site of the invagination, In view of the high rate of
malignancy.
