Multiple idiopathic cecal perforation in a term neonate
Kumar Mitrabhanua✉, Soumyodhriti Ghoshb, Rajiv Sharana, Smriti Natha
- aDepartment of Pediatrics, Tata Motors Hospital, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
- bAbhisek Child and Maternity Centre, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
Neonatal spontaneous colonic perforation in term neonates is a rare phenomenon, cecal perforation being seldom reported. We report a case of spontaneous cecal perforation in a term, large for gestational age neonate, who became symptomatic on day 2 of life with vomiting and abdominal distension. On exploration, three large full-thickness cecal perforations with necrotic cecum were noted. Histopathologic samples were negative for necrotizing enterocolitis and Hirschsprung's disease. Clinical awareness of this rare entity could help in preventing delay in imaging and prompt surgical management.
TL;DRA case of spontaneous cecal perforation in a term, large for gestational age neonate, who became symptomatic on day 2 of life with vomiting and abdominal distension is reported. (Semantic Scholar)