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Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar
versión On-line ISSN 1561-3046
Resumen
BEJERANO DURAN, Royland y RODRIGUEZ UGANDO, Ameh. Intussusception due to gastrostomy complication. Rev. cuban. med. mil. [online]. 2023, vol.52, n.4 Epub 01-Dic-2023. ISSN 1561-3046.
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.
Palabras clave : gastrostomy; intussusception; intestinal obstruction.