title: Four-month-old infant with intussusception presenting as altered mental status.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To remind pediatric care providers that an altered mental status can be the only presenting symptom for intussusception, a life-threatening diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case report that presents a unique presentation of intussusception: a 4-month old boy with neurological findings after a reported head injury.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diagnosis of intussusception in the pediatric population is highly dependent on its classical presenting signs and symptoms: sudden severe colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and an abdominal mass in children between 3 months and 6 years of age. Consider that an altered mental status can be the only presenting symptom.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takagishi
keywords: Altered mental status; accidental trauma; intussusception