Article Text

Download PDFPDF
Perforated colonic duplication masquerading as necrotising enterocolitis
  1. N Lansdale,
  2. S J Clark
  1. North Trent Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Sheffield, UK
  1. Mr N Lansdale, North Trent Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, The Jessop Wing, Tree Root Walk, Sheffield S10 2SF, UK; nicklansdale{at}doctors.org.uk

Statistics from Altmetric.com

Request Permissions

If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.

A 25+5 week preterm infant developed tender abdominal distension and bilious gastric aspirates. He had thrombocytopenia and raised C-reactive protein. An abdominal x-ray examination disclosed bowel loop separation indicative of bowel wall thickening. He developed features of sepsis and blood cultures yielded Klebsiella spp. He was treated conservatively for presumed necrotising …

View Full Text

Footnotes

  • Competing interests: None.