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Occult child abuse presenting as pneumatosis intestinalis and portomesenteric venous gas - a case report

BACKGROUND: Pneumatosis intestinalis and portomesenteric venous gas are usually caused by necrotizing enterocolitis; however they can occur secondary to abusive abdominal trauma with bone fractures and bruising. It is difficult to recognize initially if there is no bruising on the skin or bone fract...

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Autores principales: Lee, En-Pei, Lin, Jainn-Jim, Hsia, Shao-Hsuan, Chan, Oi-Wa, Wu, Han-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6334378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30646878
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1382-6