{"title":"Intussusception in children","authors":"S. Kitagawa, M. Miqdady","doi":"10.33029/9704-6601-8-iic-2022-1-176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33029/9704-6601-8-iic-2022-1-176","url":null,"abstract":"INTRODUCTION — Intussusception, the invagination of a part of the intestine into itself, is the most common abdominal emergency in early childhood, particularly in children younger than 2 years of age, and the second most common cause of intestinal obstruction after pyloric stenosis [1]. Intussusception is unusual in adults, and the diagnosis is commonly overlooked. In the majority of cases in adults, a pathologic cause is identified [2]. In contrast, the majority of cases in children are idiopathic.","PeriodicalId":414806,"journal":{"name":"Intussusception in children","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114630744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}