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Case report: intussusception--a cause of chronic abdominal symptoms and weight loss
1Department of Radiology, Booth Hall Hospital, Manchester.
Clinical Radiology
|October 1, 1994
Insights
Chronic intussusception in children is rare but documented. This case highlights a child with prolonged symptoms successfully diagnosed and treated for ileocolic intussusception using an air enema.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Surgery
- Gastroenterology
- Radiology
Background:
- Intussusception of the bowel in children typically presents acutely.
- A chronic clinical course is an unusual but recognized presentation.
Abstract:
A chronic clinical course for intussusception of the bowel in children is an unusual, but well recognized phenomenon. We report a case of a young child whose symptoms of vomiting and abdominal pains continued for over a month before radiological investigation made the diagnosis of ileocolic intussusception which was then successfully reduced by air enema.