You are what you eat: The diagnosis of recurrent intussusception in the emergency department
| Autor: | Peter J Snelling, Lydia Samy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain business.industry General surgery Ileocolic intussusception Emergency department medicine.disease Pathognomonic Intussusception (medical disorder) Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Intermittent abdominal pain Palpable mass medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 58:1079-1080 |
| ISSN: | 1440-1754 1034-4810 |
| Popis: | Ileocolic intussusception is the most common abdominal emergency in early childhood and is usually idiopathic.1 Diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion as the pathognomonic triad of redcurrant jelly stools, palpable mass and intermittent abdominal pain is present in less than a quarter of cases.1 It should be differentiated from ileoileal intussusception, which is typically transient and self-limiting.2 However, if children present to the emergency department (ED) with acute, severe abdominal pain due to recurrent intussusception, an underlying diagnosis should be considered, as in the case reports detailed below. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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