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Digestive & GastrointestinalSevere
Intussusception
Pediatric Surgery · Digestive & Gastrointestinal
Severe
Severity
Uncommon — the most common cause of bowel obstruction in children under 2 years of age
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Pediatric Surgery
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1In most young children
- 2the exact triggering cause is not identified
- 3though it is often preceded by a viral infection that causes swelling of lymphoid tissue in the intestinal wall
- 4which can act as a lead point for the telescoping. In older children
- 5a specific structural lead point such as a polyp
- 6Meckel's diverticulum
- 7or lymphoma is more likely to be identified. The telescoping segment drags its blood supply along with it
- 8progressively compromising circulation to the trapped bowel.
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