UNLABELLED Adult intussusception is rare. The author is reporting a case of adult intussusception in a 60-year-old female inside of incisional hernia sac, acting as a lead point. The presentation was subacute intestinal obstruction. Ultrasonography was useful adjunct in diagnosis. The site for intussusception was jejunum. Intussusception was seen protruding into hernial sac with adhesions of gu...

We investigated the adenoviral etiology and seasonal epidemic trends in intussusception and each adenoviral subgroup. Also we confirmed whether we can use the adenovirus data of Acute Infectious Agents Laboratory Surveillance Report (AIALSR) as an epidemic predictor of intussusception. Patients with intussusception (n = 126), < 5 years old, were enrolled and matched by age and sex with controls...

MEDICAL MEMORANDA Enteric Intussusception Presenting as a Cystic Abdominal Tumour. IAN W. MACPHEE, F.R.C.S. .................... 525 Gastro-gastric Intussusception Produced by Pedunculated Intragastric Tumour. ALAN THOMSON, F.R.C.S.Ed .... ...... 525 M ultiple Intussusceptions. STEWART FEGGCETTER, M.S., F.R.C.S. ... 526 Ileo-colic Intussusception of Traumatic Origin. JAMES COOK, F.R.C.S.Ed., F....

BACKGROUND Intussusception is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in infants and children. To date, no study has evaluated the ability of physicians to predict the likelihood of intussusception. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to determine the ability of pediatric physicians to predict intussusception in patients being evaluated for intussusception and to investigate whether certain cl...

ménétrier's disease is a rare cause of hypertrophic gastropathy that is usually confined to the gastric body and fundus. it is characterized by giant rugae, hypoalbuminemia, and foveolar hyperplasia. here we report the case of a 26-year-old woman who presented with epigastric pain, postparandial nausea-vomiting, and weight loss. paraclinic evaluation revealed hypoalbuminemia and hypochromic mic...