Intussusception: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatments
Intussusception in children accounts for a large part of the abdominal emergency. Intussusception usually exhibits three distinct symptoms. 1. periodic abdominal pain, 2. grape jam-colored stool, 3. abdominal mass. Because of the history of intussusception in the above case, intussusception can be recognized immediately after complaining of abdominal pain. However, when the patient complains acute abdominal pain like the above case, characteristic symptoms appear Because of this, the diagnosis of intussusception may be delayed or missed. Therefore, when a child complains of abdominal pain or visits a child with vomiting, he should always be suspicious of intussusception. About 90% of intussusception is idiopathic intussusception with unknown cause. In this case there is a preceding viral infection and lymphoid hyperplasia is observed. Other than this, intussusception has a pathological lead point. Meckel diverticulum is the most common cause of intussusception, and lymphoma and intest...