Spontaneous intestinal perforation.

Spontaneous, isolated intestinal perforation in preterm infants SWISS SOCIETY OF NEONATOLOGY

Maternal factors in extremely low birth weight infants who develop spontaneous intestinal perforation.

BACKGROUND Spontaneous intestinal perforation of the extremely low birth weight infant (< or = 1000 g) is associated with a high incidence of Candida and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus sepsis. Little is known about prenatal risk factors, and histopathologic examination of placentas in infants with spontaneous intestinal perforation has not been reported. OBJECTIVES Our objective was to inv...

Spontaneous intestinal perforation or necrotizing enterocolitis?

Deep Endometriosis Induced Spontaneous Colon Rectal Perforation in Pregnancy: Laparoscopy Is Advanced Tool to Confirm Diagnosis

Endometriosis causes rare complications in pregnancy, such as obstetrical bleeding, preterm birth, spontaneous haemoperitoneum, and intestinal perforation. The prevalence of spontaneous perforation due to intestinal endometriosis is unknown in pregnancy. A recent review of the literature indicated 15 bowel complications caused by endometriosis during pregnancy or at the immediate postpartum per...

Spontaneous Perforation of the Colon and Hypothyroidism: Report of a Case and Review of Literature

Spontaneous perforation of the colon is a well documented but rare clinical entity commonly found to occur in the elderly and associated with chronic constipation. Hypothyroidism is known to be associated with intestinal motility disorders ranging from chronic constipation to more serious conditions like mega colon and pseudo obstruction. The case described here is that of a 35 years old hypoth...

Segmental absence of intestinal muscle with ileal web in an extremely low birth weight infant: case report.

Spontaneous intestinal perforations are localized perforations without the typical clinical, radiological, and histopathological features of necrotizing enterocolitis. Spontaneous intestinal perforation is a recently defined clinical entity. The best-known risk factor is prematurity. It is seen 2-3% in very low birthweight infants and 5 % of extremely low birthweight infants. Herein we report a...