Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports (Apr 2021)

Intussusception and SARS-CoV-2 infection

  • Israel Mercado-Martínez,
  • Francisco Javier Arreaga-Gutiérrez,
  • Andrea Natalia Pedraza-Peña

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 67
p. 101808

Abstract

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We present 2 cases in the same city, of coexistence of intussusception and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The first in an 8 month old male in August 2020 and the second in a 7 month old female in October 2020; both resolved by surgical technique. Although it is known that some intussusception cases. can present concomitantly with viral infections, the fact that they appear in the same context as COVID-19 has only been reported as of late; these 2 new cases are added to the 6 reported so far. In the future, it will be analyzed whether this coexistence is the result of an association between the 2 diseases.

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