Adenomyoma of the small intestine a rare pathological lead point for intussusception in an infant

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Abstract Introduction Intussusception is a typical abdominal emergency in early childhood. Case description We report a case of an infant in the typically affected age group with an intussusception triggered by a rare benign intramural intestinal adenomyoma as a pathological lead point. The infant had the typical symptoms of a recurrent idiopathic ileocolic intussusception. Discussion and evaluation Idiopathic intussusception is frequent in the infant age group. Contrary to that, reports on pathological lead points for intussusceptions are sparse in the toddler age. Conclusions That case illustrates that even in intussusceptions in the typically affected age group, it is important to be aware of pathological lead points, especially if the intussusceptions are recurrent.