Meckel’s diverticulum causing intestinal obstruction in the newborn

The causes of neonatal bowel obstruction are variable and dominated by malformations and the Meckel diverticulum must remain exceptional. We report a case of neonatal bowel obstruction in a six day old male neonate admitted on account of inability to pass stool, abdominal distension and bilious vomi...

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Autores principales: Oukhouya, Mohamed Amine, Andaloussi, Saad, Abdellaoui, Hicham, Tazi, Mohammed, Mahmoudi, Abdelhalim, Elmadi, Aziz, Khattala, Khalid, Bouabdallah, Youssef
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6691295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31447969
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.31.210.14840
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Sumario:The causes of neonatal bowel obstruction are variable and dominated by malformations and the Meckel diverticulum must remain exceptional. We report a case of neonatal bowel obstruction in a six day old male neonate admitted on account of inability to pass stool, abdominal distension and bilious vomiting. The radiologic additional examinations are non-specific. Exploratory laparotomy found obstruction at the site of a Meckel's diverticulum.

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