Intussusception in preterm infant
Abstract
Intussusception is one of the most frequent cause of acute abdomen in early childhood. Pathognomonic triad include intermittent abdominal pain, emesis and rectal bleeding. The high mortality rate appear to be related to the long interval between onset of symptoms and commencement of definitive treatment.
Intussusception can also present in a subacute or chronic form with a slow and aspecific onset. Several papers have also stressed the occurrence of intrauterine intussusception during sometime in the pregnency leading to small bowel atresia.
We report here a case of intussusception in infant 30 weeks gestation initially treated as necrotizing enterocolitis. The similarity of the presentation, the value of investigation and the judgement in surgery were discussed
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