Anal protrusion of intussusception
- 1Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
- 2Volta Regional Hospital, Ho, Volta Region, MA 374, Ghana
- Joanna Coghill, joanna.coghill{at}gmail.com
- Published 22 December 2009
An 8-month-old girl presented to a district hospital in Ghana with a 2 week history of frequent, blood stained diarrhoea. The patient was initially treated for presumed gastroenteritis and admitted for intravenous fluids. Two days after admission she was noted to have developed a mass protruding from her anus. This was initially …








