Familial intussusception: report of a case with recurrence in the youngest sibling and review of the literature.
The etiology of idiopathic intussusception is unknown. Occurrence of intussusception in more than one patient in a same family is rare. A familial predisposition is suspected. We present a family in which the two children suffered from intussusception with recurrence in the youngest sibling and review the literature.
Serour
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Department of Pediatric Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Klin
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B
Fried
K
K
Efrati
Y
Y
Vinograd
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I
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D007443:Intussusception / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence