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A child presents with vomiting, stool with frank blood and mucus, and episodes of crying. Think: idiopathic intussusception. When the proximal bowel invaginates into the distal segment, it brings its attached mesentery with it, which leads to lymphatic obstruction, swelling, and decreased perfusion of the affected bowel. This produces intermittent, colicky pain in young children