Clinical Pediatrics: Open Access
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Parveen Kumar

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• Case Report
  Are Intussusceptions More Common and Severe in Malrotation? - Waugh Syndrome
  Author(s): Parveen Kumar, Shandip Kumar Sinha and Yogesh Kumar SarinParveen Kumar, Shandip Kumar Sinha and Yogesh Kumar Sarin
  
  Waugh syndrome-The association of intussusception and malrotation is often overlooked and underdiagnosed. Malrotation need to be diagnosed preoperatively (reversal of SMA and SMV axis on doppler) or atleast looked for intraoperatively. Here is reported a case of 8 month old male child brought with complains of pain abdomen associated with fever since 4 days and passing red current like stools since last 2 days. No history of preceding diarrhoea. Parents gave history of something coming out of rectum while crying in pain since one day. Physical examination revealed mild pallor, tachycardia with distended abdomen and decreased bowel sounds. Per rectal examination showed prolapsed congested mass. Child was taken for emergency right supraumbilical transverse laparotomy and revealed mobile ascending colon and duodeno-jejunal flexure on right side of midline, with a long intussusception of .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2572-0775.1000125

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