The diseases of infants and children . been reported as the cause in a numberof instances. I have reviewed this subjectelsewhere.^ The vermiform appendix mayin rare instances invaginate itself and bethe cause of intussusception of the intestine(Monsarrat).^ Corner^ was able to collect16 reported cases of this occurrence. Injuriesof the abdomen are also to be noted as occa-sional causes. The presence of large fecalmasses or of polypi tends to produce invagina-tion through the efforts of the intestines toexpel them. Finally agonal intussusception isof quite frequent occurrence in infancy, caused
The diseases of infants and children . been reported as the cause in a numberof instances. I have reviewed this subjectelsewhere.^ The vermiform appendix mayin rare instances invaginate itself and bethe cause of intussusception of the intestine(Monsarrat).^ Corner^ was able to collect16 reported cases of this occurrence. Injuriesof the abdomen are also to be noted as occa-sional causes. The presence of large fecalmasses or of polypi tends to produce invagina-tion through the efforts of the intestines toexpel them. Finally agonal intussusception isof quite frequent occurrence in infancy, causedby irregular peristalsis of the intestine de-veloping in the few moments preceding death. Pathology and Pathological Anatomy.—The condition consistsin an invagination of one portion of the intestine into another, the resultof irregular contraction and peristalsis of the intestinal walls. The in-vagination is descending in type, an ascending invagination being veryrare. The upper portion, the intussusceptum, slips into the lower, the. Fig. 258.—DiagrammaticRepresent.\.tion of the Pro-DicTiox OF Intussusception.{Kemp, Diseases of the Stomach, Intestines and Pancreas.)
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