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LETTER
Gastric perforation and transillumination
  1. W El-Matary,
  2. I Barnard,
  3. D Cameron
  1. Neonatal Unit, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire LL17 0DF, UK; DrDuncan.Cameron@cd-tr.wales.nhs.uk

    https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2003.037507

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      We read with interest the article of Farrugia and colleagues1 about neonatal gastrointestinal perforation. However, there was no mention of:

      • Isolated gastric perforation as a cause of neonatal gut perforation, or

      • Transillumination as a simple diagnostic tool of pneumoperitoneum.

      We highlight these two points relating to a recent case. A 29 …

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