Acute intestinal intussusception is a pathology of infants and small children. Its occurrence in adults is rare. Its etiology is diverse. In the vast majority of cases, it is secondary to a tumor, which may be benign or malignant. We report the case of a 31-year-old patient, operated on in August 2022 for appendicular peritonitis, admitted to the emergency department of the Hassan II University Hospital in Fez, Morocco, for an intestinal obstruction. The abdominal CT scan showed an acute intestinal intussusception, and treatment was open surgical resection. Based on this new case and a review of the literature, we discuss the clinical features, diagnosis and therapeutic possibilities of this rare pathology.
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