Primary segmental volvulus of the ileum mimicking meconium plug syndrome

Primary segmental volvulus (PSV) of the ileum in neonate occurs rarely but shows an aggressive clinical course. Thus, early diagnosis is important to prevent necrosis and perforation of the intestine. We report a case of PSV of the ileum in a 2-day-old female neonate whose clinical features and radi...

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Autores principales: Jung, Eunyoung, Choi, Soon-Ok, Park, Woo-Hyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Surgical Society 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22066093
http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/jkss.2011.80.Suppl1.S85
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description Primary segmental volvulus (PSV) of the ileum in neonate occurs rarely but shows an aggressive clinical course. Thus, early diagnosis is important to prevent necrosis and perforation of the intestine. We report a case of PSV of the ileum in a 2-day-old female neonate whose clinical features and radiologic findings appeared to be meconium plug syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-32053722011-11-07 Primary segmental volvulus of the ileum mimicking meconium plug syndrome Jung, Eunyoung Choi, Soon-Ok Park, Woo-Hyun J Korean Surg Soc Case Report Primary segmental volvulus (PSV) of the ileum in neonate occurs rarely but shows an aggressive clinical course. Thus, early diagnosis is important to prevent necrosis and perforation of the intestine. We report a case of PSV of the ileum in a 2-day-old female neonate whose clinical features and radiologic findings appeared to be meconium plug syndrome. The Korean Surgical Society 2011-06 2011-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3205372/ /pubmed/22066093 http://dx.doi.org/10.4174/jkss.2011.80.Suppl1.S85 Text en Copyright © 2011, the Korean Surgical Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 Journal of the Korean Surgical Society is an Open Access Journal. All articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Primary segmental volvulus of the ileum mimicking meconium plug syndrome
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title_short Primary segmental volvulus of the ileum mimicking meconium plug syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205372/
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