Open AccessAdult necrotizing enterocolitis and non occlusive mesenteric ischemia
Author(s) -
Sanoop Koshy Zachariah
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.83881
Subject(s) - necrotizing enterocolitis , medicine , etiology , ischemia , enterocolitis , necrosis , pathophysiology , mesenteric ischemia , gastroenterology , surgery , pathology
Adult necrotizing enterocolitis and non occlusive mesenteric ischemia are rare causes of acute abdomen in adults. Accurate preoperative diagnosis is often difficult in these cases. Here, four cases of massive bowel necrosis with varying segments of small and large bowel involvement are described, all of whom underwent surgery. These cases give an opportunity to review the literature on such lethal diseases including non occlusive intestinal necrosis, neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis and adult necrotizing enterocolitis. The similarities and differences in etiology, pathophysiology, clinical and radiological findings are discussed.