Intussusception in adults is rare.The clinical picture of intussusception in adults is subtle and the diagnosis is therefore elusive. The presence of a structural abnormality in the great majority of the adult cases mandates high clinical suspicion. Gastrointestinal lipomas are rare benign tumors and intussusception due to a gastrointestinal lipoma constitutes an infrequent clinical entity.The present report describes a case of jejunojejunal intussusception in an adult with a history of severe

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... pisodes of hematochezia and colicky upper abdominal pain. The diagnosis was suspected preoperatively but computed tomography could not rule out malignancy. Exploratory laparotomy revealed jejunojejunal intussusception secondary to a lipoma which was successfully treated with segmental resection.