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Axial view showing the proximal part of the colo-colonic intussusception of the sigmoid colon.
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CT of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated colo-colonic intussusception of the sigmoid colon with a 2.3 cm x 2.6 cm intra-mural lipoma of the recto-sigmoid region likely to be the lead point and no signs of large bowel obstruction (Figs. 1-4).
Axial view showing a mass (lipoma) filling the distal sigmoid colon that was the lead point.
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CT of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated colo-colonic intussusception of the sigmoid colon with a 2.3 cm x 2.6 cm intra-mural lipoma of the recto-sigmoid region likely to be the lead point and no signs of large bowel obstruction (Figs. 1-4).
Coronal view.
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CT of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated colo-colonic intussusception of the sigmoid colon with a 2.3 cm x 2.6 cm intra-mural lipoma of the recto-sigmoid region likely to be the lead point and no signs of large bowel obstruction (Figs. 1-4).
Sagittal view showing mass (lipoma) filling the distal sigmoid.
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CT of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrated colo-colonic intussusception of the sigmoid colon with a 2.3 cm x 2.6 cm intra-mural lipoma of the recto-sigmoid region likely to be the lead point and no signs of large bowel obstruction (Figs. 1-4).
Colonoscopy showing obstruction/intussusception.
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Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed and proctoscopy revealed congested, friable colonic mucosa that completely filled the rectal lumen without evidence of malignancy (Fig. 5).