Intussusception of the Appendix in a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis

1 November 1990

journal article
case report
Published by Wiley in Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Vol. 11 (4) , 542-544
https://doi.org/10.1097/00005176-199011000-00016

Abstract

This case report describes the clinical presentation and the radiographic, endoscopic, and pathologic findings in a patient with cystic fibrosis (CF) and intussusception of the appendix. This is the first time that intussusception of the appendix has been documented in a patient with CF. This disorder should be considered in the CF patient with cramping lower abdominal pain or rectal bleeding.

Keywords

CYSTIC FIBROSIS
ABDOMINAL PAIN
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
APPENDIX
RECTAL BLEEDING
LOWER ABDOMINAL
PATHOLOGIC FINDINGS
CF PATIENT
REPORT DESCRIBES

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