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Acute abdomen caused by intussusception in a young adult at the La Milagrosa Clinic, Santa Marta, ColombiaIntussusception is a pathology with a difficult diagnosis, considered as a medical emergency, that needs a fast clinical suspect, confirmationwith radio images and proper management, principally surgical. Is often described in children, it is uncommon in adults and has particularetiologic and pathophysiologic basis depending on age of onset; these include infection, tumors and idiopathic causes. This case reportis about a young woman who presented acute abdomen associated to nausea, emesis and melena. The patient had an unusual naturalhistory of disease, making a diagnosis with high-definition radio images, which evinced clear signs of intussusception with intestinalobstruction. Urgent exploratory laparotomy was performed evidencing ileocecal intussusception, corrected surgically by resection of theaffected bowel segment, without intraoperative complications and favorable postoperative evolution without relapse or recurrence insubsequent medical checks. (MÉD.UIS. 2011; 25(1):75-8).Key words: Intussusception. Intestinal obstruction. Laparotomy.
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