Intussusception in a Premature Neonate: A Rare Often Misdiagnosed Cause of Intestinal Obstruction | Zendy

Ierotheos Loukas | Zendy; Nikolaos Baltogiannis | Zendy; Christos Plataras | Zendy; A.-V. Skiathitou | Zendy; S. Siahanidou | Zendy; G. Geroulanos | Zendy

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Intussusception in a Premature Neonate: A Rare Often Misdiagnosed Cause of Intestinal Obstruction

Author(s) -

Ierotheos Loukas,

Nikolaos Baltogiannis,

Christos Plataras,

A.-V. Skiathitou,

S. Siahanidou,

G. Geroulanos

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2009/607989

Subject(s) - medicine , necrotizing enterocolitis , intussusception (medical disorder) , surgical emergency , pediatrics , surgery

Intestinal obstruction in neonatal period is an emergency caused by many surgical causes. An extremely rare surgical cause in this group of age is intussusception which can be easily confused with other surgical entities. In several reports, a significant number of the infants who were included in the study population were believed to have necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). We present a rare cause of small intestine obstruction in a preterm female infant that can be easily misdiagnosed and confused preoperatively with other clinical entities particular for this period.

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