A CASE OF ILEO-CAECAL INTUSSUSCEPTION

Abstract

Acute intussusception is the condition in which one portion of the gut invaginates into an
immediately adjacent segment almost invariabily from proximal to distal.15 year old boy
presented to surgery casuality with right sided abdominal pain ,clinical exaimination revealed
right lower abdominal guarding and rigidity but no mass was palpable.USG abdomen showed
an intussusception intraoperatively there was an ileo caecal intussusception with Meckel’s
diverticulum as lead point .Reduction of intussusceptions was done and ileal resection and end
to end anastamosis was done ,post op period was uneventful.Mekel’s diverticulum is one the
common cause of intussusceptions in older children.