[Rectal prolapse of intussusception in infants].
Rectal prolapse is a rare complication of intussusception in infants. This complication is most often secondary to a side by side placing defect of the caecum and a long mesenter. Three cases of rectal prolapse of intussuception are reported herein and the pathologic and therapeutic aspects of the intussucseption complicated by rectal prolapse, as well as the particularities of intussusception diagnosis in an African country, are reviewed.
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Service de chirurgie pédiatrique, CHU de Tokoin, BP 57, Lomé, Togo. jeanpi_gnass2002@yahoo.fr
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D000208:Acute Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007223:Infant; D007443:Intussusception / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012005:Rectal Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
Invagination intestinale avec boudin prolabé par l'anus chez le nourrisson.