Distal colocolic intussusception due to lipoma, epiploic appendagitis

Case contributed by Michael P Hartung
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Dull left lower quadrant pain.

Patient Data

Gender: Female

Descending into sigmoid colocolic intussusception with small lipoma as the lead point. No obstruction. 

Epiploic appendagitis adjacent to proximal sigmoid colon. 

Annotated images indicating key findings. 

CT from 5 years earlier with small lipoma in the distal descending colon. 

Case Discussion

Relatively subtle incidental colocolic intussusception involving the descending and sigmoid colon, with a small lipoma serving as the lead point. A CT from 5 years earlier confirms that the lipoma was from the distal descending colon. 

The patient had epiploic appendagitis to account for the acute presentation of left lower quadrant pain. 

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