Intussusception secondary to a carcinoid
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Wiener-Carrillo, Isidoro; GonzΓ‘lez-Alvarado, Carlos; Cervantes-Valladolid, Mario
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Article
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2014
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Elsevier
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English
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## INTRODUCTION Intussusception in adult patients represents 5% of all intussusceptions and 1β5% of bowel obstructions in adults. In contrast to pediatric patients, 90% of the time, in adults, it's caused by well-established pathologic mechanisms, such as carcinoma, polyps, diverticula, Meckel dive