Appendix around Ileocolic Intussusception with Acute Appendicitis: A Rare Presentation

Intussusception and appendicitis share similar clinical features. However, their concurrent occurrence is exceedingly rare. Appendix involvement in intussusception must be ruled out when appendix is not visualized on high-resolution ultrasonography in cases with ileocolic intussusception. This case...

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Autor principal: Ravikanth, Reddy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8772470/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35127413
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JMU.JMU_151_20
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description Intussusception and appendicitis share similar clinical features. However, their concurrent occurrence is exceedingly rare. Appendix involvement in intussusception must be ruled out when appendix is not visualized on high-resolution ultrasonography in cases with ileocolic intussusception. This case report describes the sonological appearance of a combination of ileocolic intussusception with concurrent acute appendicitis in a 4-year-old child.
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spelling pubmed-87724702022-02-03 Appendix around Ileocolic Intussusception with Acute Appendicitis: A Rare Presentation Ravikanth, Reddy J Med Ultrasound Case Report Intussusception and appendicitis share similar clinical features. However, their concurrent occurrence is exceedingly rare. Appendix involvement in intussusception must be ruled out when appendix is not visualized on high-resolution ultrasonography in cases with ileocolic intussusception. This case report describes the sonological appearance of a combination of ileocolic intussusception with concurrent acute appendicitis in a 4-year-old child. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8772470/ /pubmed/35127413 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JMU.JMU_151_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Medical Ultrasound https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title Appendix around Ileocolic Intussusception with Acute Appendicitis: A Rare Presentation
title_full Appendix around Ileocolic Intussusception with Acute Appendicitis: A Rare Presentation
title_fullStr Appendix around Ileocolic Intussusception with Acute Appendicitis: A Rare Presentation
title_full_unstemmed Appendix around Ileocolic Intussusception with Acute Appendicitis: A Rare Presentation
title_short Appendix around Ileocolic Intussusception with Acute Appendicitis: A Rare Presentation
title_sort appendix around ileocolic intussusception with acute appendicitis: a rare presentation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8772470/
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