Intussusception in Children with a Pathological Appendix Acting as a "Lead Point" - A Series of 3 Cases

Meckel's diverticulum is commonest lead point for intussusception in children. Appendix is part of the intusssusception of the commonest ileocolic type but appendix as lead point for intussusception is rare. We report a series of 3 cases of intussusception in children, wherein a pathological ap...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR 2015, Vol.9 (7), p.PD03-PD04
Hauptverfasser: Joshi, Sanjeev B, E, Harish, Kinhal, Vidyadhar, Kola, Sivasai Krishnaprasad, K, Sundeep V
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Meckel's diverticulum is commonest lead point for intussusception in children. Appendix is part of the intusssusception of the commonest ileocolic type but appendix as lead point for intussusception is rare. We report a series of 3 cases of intussusception in children, wherein a pathological appendix was the lead point. We would like to propose that more likely a pathological appendix, acts as a lead point leading to an appendico-caeco-colic intussusception rather than a normal appendix.
ISSN:2249-782X
DOI:10.7860/JCDR/2015/9325.6214