title: Etiologic and therapeutic aspects of intussusception in childhood.
abstract: Analysis of fifty-two instances of intussusception proved the importance of barium enema examinations as a diagnostic and therapeutic modality. Hypertrophy of the lymphatic tissue in the terminal ileum reactive to common diseases of infancy and childhood is of utmost importance in the etiology of "idiopathic intussusception."
mesh_terms: D001466:Barium Sulfate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004733:Enema; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007443:Intussusception / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D001466:Barium Sulfate