Year 2017 / Volume 109 / Number 2
Case Report
Cannabis intake and intussusception: an accidental association?

157-159

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2016.4288/2016

Alberto Fernández-Atutxa, Leticia de Castro, Juan Antonio Arévalo-Senra, Elena Langara, José Luis Cabriada-Nuño,

Abstract
Most intussusception cases in adults have an organic cause and their treatment is surgical. In some cases, there is no injury associated with intussusception and we can opt for conservative management. In our clinical practice we have shown the presence of intussusceptions in the absence of structural damage associated with chronic cannabis with a good course after conservative management. We describe three cases of recurrent intussusception in cannabis users, suggesting a relationship between cannabis use and the incidence of intussusception.
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Publication history

Received: 28/02/2016

Accepted: 05/03/2016

Online First: 08/04/2016

Published: 31/01/2017

Article revision time: 5 days

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