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Tuesday 2 October 2012

CASE 143: INTUSSUSCEPTION of COLON due to POLYP, Dr PHAN THANH HẢI, Dr LÊ TỰ PHÚC, MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER, HCMC, VIETNAM

Female patient 23yo, pain at right flank, came to MEDIC for ultrasound of abdomen.
Ultrasound detected an uncomplicated intussusception of right colon, maybe due to a polyp of colon.

 
MDCT 64 disclosed a polyp of colon inducing an intussusception of ileum into right colon.



Operation was done for hemicolectomy. Gross specimen proved a polyp of colon and microscopic result was a benign polyp.

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