We report the first case of an infant with recurrent intussusceptions secondary to intestinal lymphoid hyperplasia due to food allergy (soya) that was ultimately successfully treated by dietary restriction.

A female infant presented with frequent, worsening clinical episodes of sudden collapse secondary to intussusceptions over a 12-month period confirmed by ultrasound on three occasions. She also had pronounced infantile colic and moderately loose stools. Following her seventh admission, an ileo-caecal resection with limited …