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Liver Microabscesses in a Premature Neonate With Eosinophilic Colitis
Hepatic abscesses in premature infants are rare with less than 100 case reports documented in literature. We report a case of a premature infant diagnosed with hepatic microabscesses secondary to eosinophilic colitis. A 33 4/7-week preterm female neonate presented with bilious emesis, abdominal dist...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9246066/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35784499 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000817 |
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author | Parks, Olivia B. Keith, Mary Squires, Judy H. Venkat, Veena L. Mahmood, Burhan |
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description | Hepatic abscesses in premature infants are rare with less than 100 case reports documented in literature. We report a case of a premature infant diagnosed with hepatic microabscesses secondary to eosinophilic colitis. A 33 4/7-week preterm female neonate presented with bilious emesis, abdominal distention, and severe hematochezia. Eosinophilic enterocolitis was suspected. Hypoechoic regions in the anterior liver identified on computed tomography were considered liver microabscesses. This unique case exemplifies how prematurity increases the risk of mucosal damage in the presence of eosinophilic colitis causing enteric bacteria to seed into the liver through the portal vein, resulting in hepatic microabscesses. |
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spelling | pubmed-92460662022-07-02 Liver Microabscesses in a Premature Neonate With Eosinophilic Colitis Parks, Olivia B. Keith, Mary Squires, Judy H. Venkat, Veena L. Mahmood, Burhan ACG Case Rep J Case Report Hepatic abscesses in premature infants are rare with less than 100 case reports documented in literature. We report a case of a premature infant diagnosed with hepatic microabscesses secondary to eosinophilic colitis. A 33 4/7-week preterm female neonate presented with bilious emesis, abdominal distention, and severe hematochezia. Eosinophilic enterocolitis was suspected. Hypoechoic regions in the anterior liver identified on computed tomography were considered liver microabscesses. This unique case exemplifies how prematurity increases the risk of mucosal damage in the presence of eosinophilic colitis causing enteric bacteria to seed into the liver through the portal vein, resulting in hepatic microabscesses. Wolters Kluwer 2022-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9246066/ /pubmed/35784499 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000817 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Parks, Olivia B. Keith, Mary Squires, Judy H. Venkat, Veena L. Mahmood, Burhan Liver Microabscesses in a Premature Neonate With Eosinophilic Colitis |
title | Liver Microabscesses in a Premature Neonate With Eosinophilic Colitis |
title_full | Liver Microabscesses in a Premature Neonate With Eosinophilic Colitis |
title_fullStr | Liver Microabscesses in a Premature Neonate With Eosinophilic Colitis |
title_full_unstemmed | Liver Microabscesses in a Premature Neonate With Eosinophilic Colitis |
title_short | Liver Microabscesses in a Premature Neonate With Eosinophilic Colitis |
title_sort | liver microabscesses in a premature neonate with eosinophilic colitis |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9246066/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35784499 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000817 |
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