Ileocecal Intussusception in an Adult Secondary to a Colon Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review

Review Data

Purpose and Significance of Study: This is a report of a relatively rare case of ileocecal intussusception in an 80-year-old man secondary to a colon adenocarcinoma. It also offers a useful analysis of the existing literature on intussusceptions.

Fit with Scope of Journal: The manuscript is of high interest for the journal American Journal of Surgical Case Reports.

The Case Presentation is apt. The Discussion lays down a thorough analysis of the literature reports of intussusceptions with respect to their location, age of patient, range of symptoms, and diagnostic approaches to place the present case in context and offers useful insights from this case.

 

o   The manuscript contains some minor errors (already corrected in the galley proof), which are listed below –

 

·       In the 1^st sentence of the Abstract, “;” must be replaced with “.”.

·       In the last sentence of the Abstract, “during preoperative” must be replaced with “preoperatively”.

·       In the 2^nd sentence of the 2^nd paragraph of the Introduction, “a stablished” must be replaced with “an established”.

·       In the 2^nd sentence of the 2^nd paragraph of the Case Presentation, “nor” must be replaced with “or”.

·       In the 1^st sentence of the 2^nd paragraph of the Discussion, “Out of” must be removed.

·       In the 4^th sentence of the 2^nd paragraph of the Discussion, “Whereas” must be replaced with “While”, “performs” must be replaced with “acts”, and “,” before “other causes” must be replaced with “;”.

·       In the last sentence of the 2^nd paragraph of the Discussion, “this” must be replaced with “these”.

·       In the 1^st sentence of the 4^th paragraph of the Discussion, “form” and “it” must be removed, and “never” must be replaced with “ever”.

·       In the 3^rd sentence of the 4^th paragraph of the Discussion, “who attends periodically complaining” must be replaced with “who presents with periodic complaints”.

·       In the last sentence of the 4^th paragraph of the Discussion, “debuted” must be replaced with “presented”.

Author Info

Carlos Hernández Brito Martha Audelo Guzmán Pedro Arredondo Ruiz Álvaro Cuauhtémoc Sánchez Trujillo María de los Ángeles Poumian Madrid Diego Armando Álvarez Moreno Mario Enrique Álvarez Bojórquez Francisco Carlos Cisneros Juvera

Corresponding Author

Carlos Hernández Brito
Department of Oncology and Hematology, Hospital Español de Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz, México

Article Info

Article Type

Case Report and Review of the Literature

Publication history

Received: Wed 17, Jun 2020
Accepted: Tue 30, Jun 2020
Published: Wed 30, Sep 2020

Copyright

© 2023 Carlos Hernández Brito. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.AJSCR.2020.03.03