Warshauer and colleagues summarize the findings of eight observational studies that evaluated the causes of intussusception in 236 patients. One hundred twenty five cases 53% had enteric locations while 111 47% had colonic locations. Ninety three cases 39% were malignant tumoral and 63 27% were benign. Twenty nine cases were idiopathic 12%.
Warshauer y cols resumen los hallazgos de ocho estudios observacionales que evalúan la causa de intususcepción de 236 pacientes; 12553% casos fueron de localización entérica y 11147% colónicas; 9339% de los casos fueron de etiología tumoral maligna y 6327% tumores benignos.