Air reduction of intussusception after abdominal blunt trauma and a literature review.
- Author:
So Ra KWON
1
;
Sang Ook HA
;
Young Taeck OH
;
You Dong SOHN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Intussusception; Pediatrics; Wounds and injuries
- MeSH: Abdominal Pain; Child, Preschool; Delayed Diagnosis; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Fever; Hemorrhage; Humans; Intussusception*; Pediatrics; Ultrasonography; Vomiting; Wounds and Injuries
- From: Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine 2016;3(1):59-62
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: The typical presentation of intussusception includes intermittent severe abdominal pain, vomiting, rectal bleeding, and the presence of an abdominal mass. We present a case of intussusception after abdominal blunt trauma along with a literature review. A 4-year-old girl was admitted to the emergency department after a bicycle accident. She complained of progressively worsening abdominal pain, but there was no vomiting, fever, bloody stool, or abdominal mass. She was finally diagnosed with traumatic intussusception by ultrasonography and treated with air reduction. Because the typical symptoms are unusual in traumatic intussusception, close attention must be paid to avoid a delayed diagnosis.
