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Lipomyelomeningocele associated with necrotizing enterocolitis in a term neonate. Zhonghua Min Guo Xiao Er Ke Yi Xue Hui Za Zhi 1997;38(3):226-8

Date

05/01/1997

Pubmed ID

9230542

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0030760275 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   3 Citations

Abstract

A six-day-old full-term female infant with lipomyelomeningocele, confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging, suffered from necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) when he was four-day-old. The clinical presentations were bloody stool and abdominal distension. A plain abdominal film demonstrated pneumatosis intestinalis and air in the portal vein. An emergent laparotomy was performed and revealed diffuse gangrenous change of both small and large bowels. A jejunostomy was done and strong antibiotics were given, but the baby died two days after the operation. In this paper report, the relation between lipomyelomeningocele and NEC is discussed.

Author List

Chang P, Teng RJ, Tsou Yau KI

Author

Ru-Jeng Teng MD Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Lipoma
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningomyelocele
Radiography