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  2. Intussusception (medical disorder) - Wikipedia

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    Intussusception is an emergency requiring rapid treatment. [1] Treatment in children is typically by an enema with surgery used if this is not successful. [1] Dexamethasone may decrease the risk of another episode. [2] In adults, surgical removal of part of the bowel is more often required. [1] Intussusception occurs more commonly in children ...

  3. Hirschsprung's disease - Wikipedia

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    Other symptoms may include vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and slow growth. [1] Most children develop signs and symptoms shortly after birth. However, others may be diagnosed later in infancy or early childhood. [4] [5] About half of all children with Hirschsprung's disease are diagnosed in the first year of life. [4]

  4. Intussusceptive angiogenesis - Wikipedia

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    By intussusception a new blood vessel is created by splitting of an existing blood vessel in two. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Intussusception occurs in normal development as well as in pathologic conditions involving wound healing, [ 4 ] tissue regeneration, inflammation as colitis [ 5 ] [ 6 ] or myocarditis, [ 7 ] lung fibrosis, [ 8 ] and tumors [ 9 ...

  5. Intussusception - Wikipedia

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    Intussusception may refer to: Intussusception (medical disorder) Intussusception (blood vessel growth) Rectal prolapse#Internal rectal intussusception

  6. Dance's sign - Wikipedia

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    Dance's sign is an eponymous medical sign first described by the French pathologist Jean Baptiste Hippolyte Dance, requiring investigation of the right lower quadrant of the abdomen for retraction of the right iliac fossa, which can indicate an intussusception.

  7. Signs and symptoms of pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Signs and symptoms of pregnancy are common, benign conditions that result from the changes to the body that occur during pregnancy. Signs and symptoms of pregnancy typically change as pregnancy progresses, although several symptoms may be present throughout. Depending on severity, common symptoms in pregnancy can develop into complications ...

  8. Peutz–Jeghers syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Peutz–Jeghers syndrome (often abbreviated PJS) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by the development of benign hamartomatous polyps in the gastrointestinal tract and hyperpigmented macules on the lips and oral mucosa (). [2]

  9. Henoch–Schönlein purpura - Wikipedia

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    Henoch–Schönlein purpura is a small-vessel vasculitis in which complexes of immunoglobulin A (IgA) and complement component 3 (C3) are deposited on arterioles, capillaries, and venules (hence it is a type III hypersensitivity reaction).