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Dizygotic twins with simultaneous ileocecal intusussceptions

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We report a pair of 18-month-old dizygotic twins who developed acute simultaneous ileocecal intussusceptions. In both of cases a generalized varicella infection preceded the onset of the intussusception by 4 days. Since these twins were not monozygotic, it appears that the viral infection is a more plausible cause of the intussusception than an inherited anatomic predisposition.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroko Nakanishi, Fumiko Taniguchi, Hideo Kawarasaki, Kinji Yokomori & Yoshiaki Tsuchida

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Nakanishi, H., Taniguchi, F., Kawarasaki, H. et al. Dizygotic twins with simultaneous ileocecal intusussceptions. Pediatr Surg Int 10, 177–178 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171190

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