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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.
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PMID:Intussusception in Children with a Pathological Appendix Acting as a "Lead Point" - A Series of 3 Cases. 2639 66

Appendix intussusception (AI) is a difficult disease to diagnose. Various features of the disease have been analyzed in a 35-year-old female patient who was admitted with abdominal pain and diagnosed with AI. The diagnosis was made with colonoscopy and abdominal computed tomography. Laparoscopic partial cecum resection was performed. The pathology examination revealed foci of endometriosis externa, which infiltrated the muscular layer of the appendix. AI should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of recurrent abdominal pain. Colonoscopy is an indispensable examination for the differential diagnosis. Laparoscopic partial cecum resection, preserving ileocecal valve, is an appropriate treatment approach in irreducible cases that are not suspected to be malignant.
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PMID:Laparoscopic partial cecum resection in appendix intussusception. 3021 70

Appendix intussusception is rare, can be responsible of chronic unexplained abdominal pain and is mostly associated with inflammatory changes or endometriosis. A 23-year-old woman with Crohn's disease was diagnosed invaginated appendix by CT-scan and colonoscopy after several acute atypical abdominal pain episodes. These episodes were suspected to be independent of the Crohn's disease and to be attributed to the intussusception itself. A resection combining ligation of the base by colonoscopy and cecectomy by laparoscopy was performed successfully. However, no argument for Crohn's disease was found on the pathologic examination.
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PMID:Appendix intussusception in a young patient with Crohn's disease. 3169 24