CT Characteristics to Distinguish Between Non-Surgical and Surgical Adult Bowel Intussusceptions

Authors

  • Aphinya Charoensak Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700

Abstract

Objective: To distinguish between non-surgical and surgical adult bowel intussusceptions by using CT characteristics.
Methods: By searching from CT reports between January 2005 to December 2011, there were 76 patients with 82 lesions of adult bowel intussusceptions. CT scans were independently reviewed by two radiologists who were aware that all patients had an intussusception, but not given other clinical and pathological information. Accuracy of each CT characteristic to distinguish between non-surgical and surgical intussusception were calculated.
Results: There were 43 enteroenteric lesions (52.4%) and 39 colonic involving lesions (47.6%). Surgery was performed in 38 lesions (46.3%) and the remaining 44 lesions (53.7%) did not undergo surgery. Five of 43 (11.6%) enteroenteric and 33 of 39 (84.6%) colonic involving intussusceptions received surgery. Lead points were identified in all of the surgical intussusceptions. The mean sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value to diagnose surgical enteroenteric intussusceptions using diameter thickness of > 4 cm, length> 4 cm, proximal bowel diameter > 3 cm, interposed fat thickness > 0.5 cm, and lead points were (100%, 92.1%, 62.5%, 100%); (100%, 47.4%, 20%, 100%); (40%, 94.7%, 50%, 92.3%); (80%, 73.7%, 28.6%, 96.6%) and (100%, 76.3%, 35.7%, 100%), respectively.
Conclusion: The majority of colonic involving intussusceptions undergo surgery.  No CT feature is useful to diagnose surgical colonic involving intussusceptions.  In contrast, most enteroenteric intussusceptions did not require surgery. Using diameter thickness > 4 cm, could be helpful to diagnose surgical enteroenteric lesions.

Keywords: Intussusception, bowel, gastrointestinal tract, adult, CT

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Published

24-02-2015

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Charoensak, A. (2015). CT Characteristics to Distinguish Between Non-Surgical and Surgical Adult Bowel Intussusceptions. Siriraj Medical Journal, 67(1). Retrieved from https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/sirirajmedj/article/view/55254

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Vol. 67 No. 1 (2015): January-February

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