Intussusception Caused by Amœbic Dysentery

Case history.?S., aged 12 years, a Muslim male, was admitted into the Mitford Hospital, Dacca, on. 16th J.u?ust, 1Q41 f complaining of abdominal pain and ^rhoea with blood and mucus. Examination.?A thin, lightly-built boy. He had a Movable tumour in the epigastrium. The abdomen was 7?'t and there was no tenderness. His relatives stated hat he had had an acute attack of dysentery one month Enviously and the lump appeared in the abdomen at Pat time. _ There was no history of vomiting or other gns of obstruction. The lump persisted and the ysentery, though somewhat improved, still continued.