Intussusception

Ultrasound image showing invagination of a segment of bowel into the adjacent segment

BMJ Case Reports 2009; doi:10.1136/bcr.04.2009.1730; used with permission

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Intussusception

Transverse sonogram of the abdomen showing the doughnut sign (concentric rings within the lumen of a distended loop of bowel)

Adapted from the Student BMJ. 2008;16:76. Copyright 2010 by the BMJ Publishing Group; used with permission

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Intussusception

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