Appendiceal intussusception from endometriosis. Issue 6 (22nd June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lopez, Marc Paul Jose; Chan, Valerie; Melendres, Mark Francis; Lutanco, Rainier
• Is Part Of: BMJ case reports. Volume 14:Issue 6(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-06-22
• Subjects: surgery -- gastrointestinal surgery -- general surgery; Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2021-241592
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1757-790X

Abstract

Abstract : An asymptomatic 39-year-old woman was noted to have occult bleeding by faecal immunohistochemical test. Investigations showed a 3 cm×2 cm caecal lesion by colonoscopy that was consistent with abdominal CT scan findings of a 1.6 cm×1.9 cm×2.3 cm enhancing focus in the medial caecal wall. The patient underwent laparoscopic right hemicolectomy after diagnostic laparoscopy and intraoperative colonoscopy revealed an intussuscepted appendix. The final histopathology was an appendiceal intussusception secondary to endometriosis.