Untypical symptoms for rather uncommon surgical entities: report of two rare cases of secondary intussusception in children: a case report

Autor: Godosis Dimitrios, Mouravas Vasileios, Lambropoulos Vassilis, Kepertis Chrysostomos, Anastasiadis Kleanthis, Spyridakis Ioannis
Jazyk: English<br />French
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 37, Iss 277 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1937-8688
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.277.26829
Popis: Intussusception in infants and children represents a relatively usual challenge for the pediatric surgeon. However, the incidence of lymphoma of the small intestine or inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, acting as a lead point for invagination, are rather rare. We hereby present two cases of secondary intussusception, with the aforementioned lead points.
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