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Testing Epithelial Permeability in Fetal Tissue-Derived Enteroids
Published on: June 16, 2022
[Early spontaneous ileal perforations in preterm infants: report of 4 cases]
1Service de pédiatrie néonatale et réanimation, hôpital Charles-Nicolle, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France. marie.arsac@chu-rouen.fr
Abstract:
An ileal perforation occurred shortly after birth in 4 very premature newborns. Diagnosis was made on an abdominal distension with a pneumoperitoneum on X-ray. There were no biological, radiological nor histological signs of necrotizing enterocolitis. There were no digestive short- or long-term complications. According to the few authors who described this syndrome, there are some risk factors, but they were not clearly involved in our cases. Ileal perforation in the absence of signs of necrotizing enterocolitis is rarely reported but should be well known because of its good prognosis.
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