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Published on: June 24, 2020
Pneumatosis intestinalis in two infants with rotavirus gastroenteritis
1Department of Radiology, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Abstract:
Pneumatosis intestinalis is uncommon in children other than in the premature infant with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). We recently observed pneumatosis intestinalis in two infants with rotavirus gastroenteritis. Both children prior to the onset of acute vomiting and diarrhea were healthy and thriving with no evidence of any underlying illness. The disease and the pneumatosis intestinalis observed in the infants presented in this paper responded well to supportive and conservative medical management. The association of pneumatosis intestinalis in otherwise healthy children with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis has not been previously described.
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