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. 2017 Feb;30(1):30–39. doi: 10.1055/s-0036-1593429

Table 2. Causes of nonidiopathic adult intestinal intussusception.

Enteric benign
 Adhesions
 Adenoma
 Cantor tubes
 Celiac disease
 Crohn disease
 Endometriosis
 Malignant stromal (GIST) tumor
 Hamartoma
 Hemangioma
 Inflammatory polyp
 Kaposi sarcoma
 Lipoma
 Meckel diverticulum
 Neurofibroma
 Peutz–Jegher polyp
 Tuberculosis
 Submucosal hemorrhages from unregulated anticoagulation
Enteric malignant
 Adenocarcinoma
 Carcinoid tumor
 Leiomyosarcoma
 Lymphoma
 Metastatic carcinoma (melanoma most common)
 Malignant GIST
 Neuroendocrine tumor
Colonic benign
 Adenoma
 Inflammatory pseudopolyp
 Lipoma
Colonic malignant
 Adenocarcinoma
 Lymphoma
 Sarcoma