Food Allergy: A Rare Cause of Recurrent Intussusception

Recurrent intussusception is a management dilemma and have many causes. We report a 22-month old boy who presented multiple times for recurrent intussusception. At diagnostic work-up he was found to be suffering from non-IgE food allergy. The child did not develop further episodes of intussusception...

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Autores principales: Aydın, Emrah, Beşer, Ömer Faruk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5253610/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163999
http://dx.doi.org/10.21699/ajcr.v8i1.513
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Sumario:Recurrent intussusception is a management dilemma and have many causes. We report a 22-month old boy who presented multiple times for recurrent intussusception. At diagnostic work-up he was found to be suffering from non-IgE food allergy. The child did not develop further episodes of intussusception after removal of allergenic diet.

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