Intestinal intussusception, by no means a common condition in the experience of any one surgeon, has nevertheless received so much attention in all its forms in the literature that an individual case report or a series of case reports is hardly relevant unless an observation is made that may serve to throw some light on the physiology of this process as it occurs in man.
The case reported is unusual in several respects, the most important of which are the apparent incipiency of the process, the pathologic conditions observed and, finally, the possible significance of these in explaining the formation of some forms of pathologic intestinal invaginations.
REPORT OF CASE
History.
—D. Y., a white girl, aged 4 years and 4 months, who had been born in Shantung, China, was admitted to the gynecologic service of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, March 29, 1922, under the care of Dr. Thomas Cullen.