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Case Reports
. 2014 Jan 1;3(1):6.
eCollection 2014 Jan-Mar.

Idiopathic neonatal colonic perforation

Nihat Demir  1 , Oğuz Tuncer  1 , Mehmet Melek  2 , Sultan Kaba  1 , Keziban Bulan  1 , Erdal Peker  1
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Case Reports

Idiopathic neonatal colonic perforation

Nihat Demir et al. J Neonatal Surg. .

Abstract

Though the perforation of the colon in neonates is rare, it is associated with more than 50% mortality in high-risk patients. We report a case of idiopathic neonatal perforation of the sigmoid colon in an 8-day-old, healthy, male neonate without any demonstrable cause.

Keywords: Neonate; Perforation; Sigmoid colon.

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Figure 1: Focal perforation site on the 1/3 distal part of sigmoid colon
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Table 1: Clinical Differences between Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) and Spontaneous Intestinal Perforation (SIP), and the appearance of our case
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