Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X14558903
Abstract
Objective: To remind pediatric care providers that an altered mental status can be the only presenting symptom for intussusception, a life-threatening diagnosis.
Method: A case report that presents a unique presentation of intussusception: a 4-month old boy with neurological findings after a reported head injury.
Conclusion: 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.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, v. 2, art. 4558903
Scholar Commons Citation
Maldonado, Luis and Takagishi, Jennifer, "Four-month-old Infant with Intussusception Presenting as Altered Mental Status" (2014). Pediatrics Faculty Publications. 11.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ped_facpub/11
