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RISING TIDE OF CHILD ABUSE?
Author(s) -
MAXWELL GEORGE M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1985.tb00128.x
Subject(s) - george (robot) , medicine , citation , pediatrics , library science , art history , history , computer science
Sir, 8 October 1984 ACUTE INTUSSUSCEPTION I wish to report an unusual case of recurrent acute intussusception occurring 3% years after the initial operative reduction. A white male infant presented at the age of 6 months in December 1980 with vomiting, abdominal pain and a bloody stool. A barium enema showed an ileocolic intussusception which was only partially reducible by hydrostatic pressure. At laparotomy a manual reduction of the intussusception and an appendicectomy were performed. The mesenteric nodes were enlarged and no other cause for the intussusception was found. He had an uneventful postoperative course. He remained perfectly well until June 1984 when he presented with colicky adbominal pain and vomiting. A mass was palpable beneath the previous right transverse incision. A barium enema confirmed the diagnosis of intussusception but hydrostatic reduction failed to completely reduce it. At laparotomy the intussusception was reduced. The mesenteric lymph nodes were enlarged and no other lead point was identified; in particular there was no Meckel's diverticulum. His post-operative course was uneventful and he was discharged on the fourth day.