Spontaneous oesophageal perforation in a newborn

A J Jawad¹, A M al-Muzrachi, A I al-Samarrai

¹Division of Paediatric Surgery, Medical College and King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Zeitschrift Fur Kinderchirurgie : Organ Der Deutschen, Der Schweizerischen Und Der Osterreichischen Gesellschaft Fur Kinderchirurgie = Surgery in Infancy and Childhood

|December 1, 1989

Abstract:

A case of spontaneous cervical oesophageal perforation forming a pseudodiverticulum in a 3.6 kg. neonate who presented with poor sucking and fever, is reported. The diagnosis was confirmed by chest x-ray. 83 reported cases of transoesophageal perforation were reviewed, pseudodiverticulum of the oesophagus was documented in 9 cases only; of the 83 reported cases, 14 had spontaneous oesophageal perforation.

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