Postoperative Intussusception in a Neonate with Congenital Cutis Laxa and Huge Hiatal Hernia

Congenital cutis laxa is a genetically heterogeneous condition presenting in the newborn with loose, redundant skin folds, decreased elasticity of the skin, and general connective tissue involvement. A 2-day-old full term neonate with congenital cutis laxa presented with respiratory distress. Invest...

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Autores principales: Leily, Mohajerzadeh, Naser, Sadeghian, Aliraza, Mirshemirani, Ahmad, Khaleghnejad Tabari, Mohsen, Rouzrokh, Nahid, Jafari
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: EL-MED-Pub 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4005090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24834384
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Sumario:Congenital cutis laxa is a genetically heterogeneous condition presenting in the newborn with loose, redundant skin folds, decreased elasticity of the skin, and general connective tissue involvement. A 2-day-old full term neonate with congenital cutis laxa presented with respiratory distress. Investigations revealed huge hiatal hernia. Patient underwent loose Nissen’s fundoplication. In postoperative period patient developed intussusception which was manually reduced at re-surgery.

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