2017 Volume 59 Issue 2 Pages 190-195
A 73-year-old man presented to our hospital with right abdominal discomfort. Colonoscopic examination revealed a laterally spreading tumor (LST) in the ascending colon, and endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) was performed.
One day after EMR was performed, he came to our hospital with the chief complaints of abdominal pain and fever. Laboratory examination showed increased levels of inflammatory markers, and abdominal CT revealed intussusception of the ascending colon.
Colonoscopic examination revealed that the mucosa of the ascending colon was edematous but the intussusception had already reduced spontaneously.
It was strongly suspected that the hemostatic clips and/or the injected solution we used during EMR and the patient’s background of having a mobile cecum caused colonic intussusception after EMR.
We report herein a rare case in which colonic intussusception occurred after EMR.
