BIOMAT Database Logo BIOMAT Database Logo

New concept of ileocecal junction: intussusception of the terminal ileum into the cecum. 2007

Burin Awapittaya, and Jirawat Pattana-arun, and Tanwa Tansatit, and Prapon Kanjanasilpa, and Chucheep Sahakijrungruang, and Arun Rojanasakul
Colorectal Division, Department of Surgery, Rajavithi Hospital, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. burinmail@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE To prove that the terminal ileum is intussuscepted into the cecum creating the ileocecal junction, contrary to previous valvular concept which has been widely believed. METHODS This study is based on gross and microscopic examinations of fresh specimens derived from colonic operations (right hemicolectomy or subtotal colectomy). Data compiled from observing and dissecting of specimens of seven patients are used to examine both gross and microscopic appearance of ileocecal junction. RESULTS Intussusception of the terminal ileum was found in every specimen. However, the length of intussusception was different in each specimen. CONCLUSIONS Gross and microscopic appearance studies suggest that the terminal ileum is intussuscepted into the cecum.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007077 Ileal Diseases Pathological development in the ILEUM including the ILEOCECAL VALVE. Disease, Ileal,Diseases, Ileal,Ileal Disease
D007080 Ileocecal Valve The valve, at the junction of the CECUM with the COLON, that guards the opening where the ILEUM enters the LARGE INTESTINE. Ileocecal Valves,Valve, Ileocecal,Valves, Ileocecal
D007082 Ileum The distal and narrowest portion of the SMALL INTESTINE, between the JEJUNUM and the ILEOCECAL VALVE of the LARGE INTESTINE.
D007443 Intussusception A form of intestinal obstruction caused by the PROLAPSE of a part of the intestine into the adjoining intestinal lumen. There are four types: colic, involving segments of the LARGE INTESTINE; enteric, involving only the SMALL INTESTINE; ileocecal, in which the ILEOCECAL VALVE prolapses into the CECUM, drawing the ILEUM along with it; and ileocolic, in which the ileum prolapses through the ileocecal valve into the COLON. Invagination, Intestinal,Intususception,Intestinal Invagination,Intestinal Invaginations,Intussusceptions,Intususceptions,Invaginations, Intestinal
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002432 Cecum The blind sac or outpouching area of the LARGE INTESTINE that is below the entrance of the SMALL INTESTINE. It has a worm-like extension, the vermiform APPENDIX. Cecums
D003082 Colectomy Surgical resection of a portion of or the entire colon. Hemicolectomy,Large Bowel Resection,Colectomies,Hemicolectomies,Large Bowel Resections,Resection, Large Bowel,Resections, Large Bowel
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

Related Publications

Burin Awapittaya, and Jirawat Pattana-arun, and Tanwa Tansatit, and Prapon Kanjanasilpa, and Chucheep Sahakijrungruang, and Arun Rojanasakul
Intussusception of terminal ileum into cecum associated with endometriosis.
May 2020, ANZ journal of surgery,
Burin Awapittaya, and Jirawat Pattana-arun, and Tanwa Tansatit, and Prapon Kanjanasilpa, and Chucheep Sahakijrungruang, and Arun Rojanasakul
[Ileocecal intussusception in eosinophilic granuloma of the ileum].
October 1990, Khirurgiia,
Burin Awapittaya, and Jirawat Pattana-arun, and Tanwa Tansatit, and Prapon Kanjanasilpa, and Chucheep Sahakijrungruang, and Arun Rojanasakul
Cystic lymphangioma of the cecum with ileocecal intussusception: Case report.
October 1975, The American surgeon,
Burin Awapittaya, and Jirawat Pattana-arun, and Tanwa Tansatit, and Prapon Kanjanasilpa, and Chucheep Sahakijrungruang, and Arun Rojanasakul
Malignant Lymphoma of the Ileum Presenting as Ileocecal Intussusception.
May 2018, Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract,
Burin Awapittaya, and Jirawat Pattana-arun, and Tanwa Tansatit, and Prapon Kanjanasilpa, and Chucheep Sahakijrungruang, and Arun Rojanasakul
[Lymphoblastoma of the terminal ileum invaginated into the cecum and ascending colon].
January 1954, Revista espanola de las enfermedades del aparato digestivo y de la nutricion,
Burin Awapittaya, and Jirawat Pattana-arun, and Tanwa Tansatit, and Prapon Kanjanasilpa, and Chucheep Sahakijrungruang, and Arun Rojanasakul
Prolapse of the lower lip of the ileocecal valve into the terminal ileum.
June 1951, The American journal of roentgenology and radium therapy,
Burin Awapittaya, and Jirawat Pattana-arun, and Tanwa Tansatit, and Prapon Kanjanasilpa, and Chucheep Sahakijrungruang, and Arun Rojanasakul
Fiberendoscopy of the cecum and terminal ileum.
August 1974, Gastrointestinal endoscopy,
Burin Awapittaya, and Jirawat Pattana-arun, and Tanwa Tansatit, and Prapon Kanjanasilpa, and Chucheep Sahakijrungruang, and Arun Rojanasakul
Ileocecal intussusception corrected by resection within the cecum in two horses.
June 1992, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association,
Burin Awapittaya, and Jirawat Pattana-arun, and Tanwa Tansatit, and Prapon Kanjanasilpa, and Chucheep Sahakijrungruang, and Arun Rojanasakul
Lipoma of ileum with intussusception and carcinoma of cecum.
January 1952, A.M.A. archives of surgery,
Burin Awapittaya, and Jirawat Pattana-arun, and Tanwa Tansatit, and Prapon Kanjanasilpa, and Chucheep Sahakijrungruang, and Arun Rojanasakul
Laparoscopic resection for malignant lymphoma of the ileum causing ileocecal intussusception.
October 2007, Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques,
Copied contents to your clipboard!