Perforated necrotising enterocolitis presenting as a rapidly expanding abdominal mass in a preterm neonate

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2018 Nov;103(6):F529. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-314841. Epub 2018 Aug 10.

Authors

Caroline Laura Charlesworth^{1

2}, Fauzia Paize¹, Kate Amy Kewley^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Neonatal Unit, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
² School of Paediatrics, Health Education England Northwest, UK.

PMID: 30097522
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-314841

No abstract available

Keywords: necrotising enterocolitis; neonatal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / complications*
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / drug therapy
Humans
Infant, Extremely Premature*
Infant, Newborn
Intestinal Perforation / etiology*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents