Introduction:

Intestinal occlusion is the second leading cause of surgical acute abdomen and 20% of admissions to emergency services; some reviews show that they produce more than 9000 deaths each year from this cause.

Objective:

Report a case of an oncological patient who underwent a gastrostomy and subsequently becomes complicated by intussusception.

Case presentation:

A 59-year-old patient, who underwent an alimentary gastrostomy due to dysphagia. A few days later, the patient developed complications with intestinal occlusion and died within short time.

Conclusions:

Intussusception is an uncommon disease in adults, with a non-specific clinical presentation. The cardinal symptoms are cramping pain, vomiting, abdominal distension and intestinal transit arrest.

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