Open AccessIntussusception and SARS-CoV-2 infection
Author(s) -
Israel Mercado-Martínez,
Francisco Javier Arreaga-Gutiérrez,
Andrea Natalia Pedraza-Peña
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pediatric surgery case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2213-5766
DOI - 10.1016/j.epsc.2021.101808
Subject(s) - intussusception (medical disorder) , medicine , covid-19 , context (archaeology) , virology , surgery , outbreak , biology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , paleontology
We present 2 cases in the same city, of coexistence of intussusception and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The first in an 8 month old male in August 2020 and the second in a 7 month old female in October 2020; both resolved by surgical technique. Although it is known that some intussusception cases. can present concomitantly with viral infections, the fact that they appear in the same context as COVID-19 has only been reported as of late; these 2 new cases are added to the 6 reported so far. In the future, it will be analyzed whether this coexistence is the result of an association between the 2 diseases.