An Early Presentation of Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in a Very Low Birth Weight Neonate: A Case Report

Pneumoperitoneum is typically caused by breached hollow viscera and necessitates surgical intervention. This may have various etiologies, including spontaneous, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and obstruction. In these cases, spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) is a unique clinical entity with...

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Autores principales: Harsha, Neelam, Mendu, Suresh Babu, Santhosh, Avinash, Kotha, Rakesh, Alimelu, Madireddy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10440627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37609093
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42285
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author Harsha, Neelam
Mendu, Suresh Babu
Santhosh, Avinash
Kotha, Rakesh
Alimelu, Madireddy
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description Pneumoperitoneum is typically caused by breached hollow viscera and necessitates surgical intervention. This may have various etiologies, including spontaneous, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and obstruction. In these cases, spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) is a unique clinical entity with a better outcome than newborns with NEC-related intestinal perforation. Here, we present a rare case of SIP manifested in the form of pneumoperitoneum in the first eight hours of life, emphasizing the importance of differentiation between NEC and SIP, as each condition has variable treatment options and outcome considerations.
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spelling pubmed-104406272023-08-22 An Early Presentation of Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in a Very Low Birth Weight Neonate: A Case Report Harsha, Neelam Mendu, Suresh Babu Santhosh, Avinash Kotha, Rakesh Alimelu, Madireddy Cureus Pathology Pneumoperitoneum is typically caused by breached hollow viscera and necessitates surgical intervention. This may have various etiologies, including spontaneous, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), and obstruction. In these cases, spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP) is a unique clinical entity with a better outcome than newborns with NEC-related intestinal perforation. Here, we present a rare case of SIP manifested in the form of pneumoperitoneum in the first eight hours of life, emphasizing the importance of differentiation between NEC and SIP, as each condition has variable treatment options and outcome considerations. Cureus 2023-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10440627/ /pubmed/37609093 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42285 Text en Copyright © 2023, Harsha et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Harsha, Neelam
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An Early Presentation of Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in a Very Low Birth Weight Neonate: A Case Report
title An Early Presentation of Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in a Very Low Birth Weight Neonate: A Case Report
title_full An Early Presentation of Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in a Very Low Birth Weight Neonate: A Case Report
title_fullStr An Early Presentation of Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in a Very Low Birth Weight Neonate: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed An Early Presentation of Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in a Very Low Birth Weight Neonate: A Case Report
title_short An Early Presentation of Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation in a Very Low Birth Weight Neonate: A Case Report
title_sort early presentation of spontaneous intestinal perforation in a very low birth weight neonate: a case report
topic Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10440627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37609093
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42285
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