Recurrent Intussusception Associated with Hypertrophy of Peyer's Patches

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Abstract
INTUSSUSCEPTION is considered by most clinicians to be one of the most important acute abdominal conditions occurring in infancy and childhood. This is attested to by the voluminous literature that has appeared on the subject in recent years. Numerous reports citing series of hundreds of cases are in general agreement that the etiology of intussusception in the younger age groups is for the most part not understood. The mechanism whereby the terminal ileum telescopes into the colon and becomes incarcerated remains an enigma. What is equally puzzling is why this condition, having been relieved by one form of therapy or . . .