INTUSSUSCEPTION may closely simulate Henoch's purpura with bleeding into the intestine; accurate diagnosis is of great importance, for the treatment of the first condition is surgical or by barium ...

RECOGNIZED cases of jejunogastric intussusception are relatively infrequent, and those proved at operation or autopsy are even more unusual. We have been able to find 98 articles on the subject, of ...

Background and Aims: Intussusception is the one of the most common acute abdomen in children. Ultrasound is being increasingly used the diagnosis of intussuscption. Ultrasound was performed by ...

A stool that looks like currant jelly can indicate a bowel disorder called intussusception. However, bloody mucus in the stool may also be a sign of other conditions, such as inflammatory bowel ...

Intussusception is a rare cause of bowel obstruction in adults. Clinical presentation is usually nonspecific, and includes abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting. Making an accurate ...

African Journal of Reproductive Health / La Revue Africaine de la Santé Reproductive, Vol. 14, No. 1 (March 2010), pp. 145-148 (4 pages) Intussusception in pregnancy is rare and making a preoperative ...

Viral infections trigger more cases of intussusception, the common cause of bowel blockages in young children, than previously thought, according to a new study. Viral infections trigger more cases of ...

The development of second-generation rotavirus vaccines requires knowledge of baseline incidence rates for intussusception in infants prior to vaccine introduction. To obtain such estimates we ...

Viral infections trigger more cases of intussusception, the common cause of bowel blockages in young children, than previously thought, according to a new study. The research, led by Murdoch ...