title: Familial intussusception: report of a case with recurrence in the youngest sibling and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Serour
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fried
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Efrati
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vinograd
mesh_terms: 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