INTESTINAL PERFORATION AS A COMPLICATION OF THE NEONATAL SMALL LEFT COLON SYNDROME

1 September 1975

journal article
case report
Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology

Vol. 125 (1) , 75-80
https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.125.1.75

Abstract

Intestinal perforation can occur as a complication of the neonatal small left colon syndrome. Four such infants are reported. Early diagnosis and treatment, utilizing water soluble contrast enema examination, are recommended to reduce the frequency of this complication.

Keywords

TREATMENT
INFANTS
SOLUBLE
INTESTINAL PERFORATION
ENEMA
RECOMMENDED
COLON SYNDROME
NEONATAL SMALL