Familial intussusception.
We report a father and two sons who each suffered from recurrent acute ileocolic intussusception in childhood, suggesting that there may in some cases be a genetic predisposition to the condition. This might have an anatomical basis.
Stringer
M D
MD
Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, Carshalton, England.
Holmes
S J
SJ
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D007223:Infant; D007443:Intussusception / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree