Cystic Fibrosis with Fecal Retention and Intussusception in Late Stages

THE relationship between cystic fibrosis (also referred to as "fibrocystic disease of the pancreas") and the abnormal meconium in neonatal meconium ileus is well established. Except for a few case reports, however, little has been written concerning the problems of intestinal evacuation that may occur later in the course of the disease. We wish to report on 3 children with this disease who had problems related to the colon.Case ReportsCase 1. A 6-year-old girl was first seen at the Mayo Clinic in June, 1954, with the chief complaint of a mass in the right lower quadrant of the . . .