A CT sign: the "disappearing mass" as a clue to the diagnosis of intermittent intestinal intussusception in children.
During the course of evaluation of a child with recurrent abdominal pain, a mass lesion was noted on computed tomography of the abdomen. This mass lesion was not evident within 30 min of the finding. Child was subsequently diagnosed to have intussusception. A "disappearing mass" lesion may therefore be a manifestation of recurrent intussusception.
D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007443:Intussusception / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed