A Case of Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis Associated with Intussusception in Fullterm Infant.
- Author:
Kwang Min HAN
1
;
Ki Sik MIN
;
Jong Wan KIM
;
Ki Yang RYOO
;
Ma Hae CHO
;
Hyung Sik SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Necrotizing enterocolitis;
Intussusception
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing*;
Humans;
Infant*;
Intussusception*
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Neonatology
1998;5(2):227-231
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
One fullterm infant whose clinical feature initially was that of necrotizing enterocolitis eventually developed intussusception. The symptomatology of these two conditions is strikingly similar, and when they coexist, recognition of a complicating intussusception is difficult. The pathogenic relationship between necrotizing enterocolitis and intussusception remains obscure. When a presumptive diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis is made but the infant's clinical course varies from that expected, other diagnoses, such as intussusception, must be considered.
