Infant with bilious vomiting, abdominal distension and currant jelly stools

Gastrointestinal
AXR of ileocolic intussusception
AXR AP (left) and AXR left lateral decubitus (right) show multiple distended loops of small bowel with multiple air fluid levels. There was no gas in the colon and no free air. As the patient had peritoneal signs, no further imaging was performed.

The diagnosis was ileocolic intussusception.

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