title: Intussusception in Children with a Pathological Appendix Acting as a "Lead Point" - A Series of 3 Cases.
abstract: Meckel's diverticulum is commonest lead point for intussusception in children. Appendix is part of the intusssusception of the commonest ileocolic type but appendix as lead point for intussusception is rare. We report a series of 3 cases of intussusception in children, wherein a pathological appendix was the lead point. We would like to propose that more likely a pathological appendix, acts as a lead point leading to an appendico-caeco-colic intussusception rather than a normal appendix.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences , Bellary, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Sanjeev B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate, Department of General Surgery, Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences , Bellary, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Harish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: E
authors.affiliation: Head of Department, Department of General Surgery, Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences , Bellary, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Vidyadhar
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kinhal
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate, Department of General Surgery, Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences , Bellary, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Sivasai Krishnaprasad
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kola
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate, Department of General Surgery, Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences , Bellary, Karnataka, India .
authors.forename: Sundeep V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: K
keywords: Idiopathic; Meckel’s diverticulum; Surgical emergency