Computed tomography of adult colonic intussusception: clinical and experimental studies

The CT features of a case of adult ileocolic intussusception and of experimentally induced ileocolic, cecocolic, and colocolic intussusceptions are presented. Both the clinical and experimental cases demonstrated (1) "target" masses with enveloped, eccentrically located areas of low density and (2) interspersed low- and high-density stripes within the intussusception producing a "layered" or "stratified" pattern. This layered pattern of abdominal masses may be characteristic of intussusceptions regardless of location.