Table 1.

Comparison of the present case with previously reported indigo naturalis-associated intussusception cases

Age/sex	IN/CurQD dose	Time to onset (wk)	Location	Management	IN/CurQD after event
Present case, 42/F	CurQD 4 g/d	5	Ascending colon	Right hemicolectomy	Discontinued
52/M	Unknown	7	Ascending colon	Conservative	Discontinued
35/M	Unknown	Unknown	Cecum	Conservative	Continued → recurrence
37/F	2 g	8	Cecum	Endoscopic	Discontinued
26/M	Unknown	3	Cecum, ascending colon	Endoscopic	Unknown
35/M	1–2 g	4	Ascending colon	Endoscopic	Discontinued
40/M	Unknown	5	Cecum	Endoscopic	Continued
45/M	0.5 g	5	Cecum, ascending colon	Surgery	Discontinued
32/M	0.5 g	3	Ascending colon	Surgery	Discontinued
43/F	1 g	8	Cecum	Surgery	Discontinued
39/F	2 g	3	Cecum, ascending colon	Surgery	Continued

Data for previously reported cases adapted from Naganuma et al.⁶

CurQD, curcumin QingDai; IN, indigo naturalis.