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We present a case of adult intussusception with autoamputation and preservation of bowel continuity. Our patient, a 65-year-old man, passed a 65-cm segment of large bowel per anus with spontaneous recovery and with a two-month follow-up free of symptoms secondary to the intussusception. Mesenteric ischemia secondary to angiography with distal embolization two weeks prior to the event may have been a precipitating factor in this unusual form of intussusception
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Gomez, G.A., Hernandez, A., Plasencia, G. et al. Adult intussusception with autoamputation and preservation of bowel continuity. Dis Colon Rectum 27, 654–657 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02553358
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