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Table 3 Pathological Lead Point (N = 77)

From: Intussusception among Japanese children: an epidemiologic study using an administrative database

Causes

Number of Patients

Age (yrs)

Structural

  

Meckel's diverticulum

13

0-13

Duplication cyst

2

4-10

Malrotation

3

0-1

Hirschsprung disease

1

0

Mesenteric hernia

1

6

Vascular/hematological

  

Schönlein-Henoch purpura

15

1-7

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome

4

2-3

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

1

0

Lymphoma

2

15-16

Nephrotic syndrome

3

2-7

Leukemia

1

12

Kawasaki Disease

1

1

Neoplasms

  

Polyps

8

0-15

Benign tumor

3

6-13

Malignant tumor

3

0-15

Tumor (details not available)

3

0-18

Others

  

Appendicitis/Appendix

7

1-13

Postoperative

2

0

Foreign Body

1

1

Congenital biliary dilation + Pancreatitis

1

5

Endometriosis

1

15