TITLE:
Migrating Lump in Abdomen—Ileo-Colo-Colic Intussusception Up to the Rectum with Hypermobile Caecum and Ascending Colon
AUTHORS:
Kalpesh Patil, Tushar Khachane, Pankaj Bharambe
KEYWORDS:
Ileo-Colo-Colic Intussusception in Children, Hypermobile Cecum and Ascending Colon, Migrating Lump in Abdomen
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.7 No.1,
March
28,
2017
ABSTRACT: In pediatric age group, Intussusception is the most common cause of acute intestinal obstruction. They present with the classic clinical triad of colicky abdominal pain, vomiting and bloody stools. But clinically very few patients (20%) present with this classical symptoms. This article highlights an importance of suspecting intussusception by physician and rare presentations of intussusception lump in abdomen in a child with abdominal pain, gastrointestinal symptoms. Here a case reported of 16-year-old male child who presented with migrating lump in abdomen on and off with varied clinical presentation every time in single admission. Patient underwent laparotomy and manual reduction of intussusception was done. It is advisable to have high suspicion of intussusception while dealing with such cases.