This abdominal x-ray shows an intestinal condition in which a loop
of bowel has slipped into another section of bowel
(intussusception), causing swelling, reduced blood flow,
obstruction, and tissue damage. Intussusception requires emergency
treatment (barium enema or surgery) to prevent intestinal tissue
death (necrosis), intestinal perforation, peritonitis, and death.
Review Date: 03/10/2011
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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