About The Medical Condition Intussusceptions

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Intussusceptions

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Intussusceptions Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Intussusceptions?

The prolapse of one part of the intestine into the lumen of an immediately adjoining part. There are four varieties: colic, involving segments of the large intestine; enteric, involving only the small intestine; ileocecal, in which the ileocecal valve prolapses into the cecum, drawing the ileum along with it; and ileocolic, in which the ileum prolapses through the ileocecal valve into the colon. (Dorland, 27th ed)

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