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An unusual presentation of necrotizing enterocolitis on an echocardiogram
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An unusual presentation of necrotizing enterocolitis on an echocardiogram

Boban P Abraham, Ritu Sachdeva, Priyanka G Vyas and R Thomas Collins
Pediatric cardiology, v 33(8), pp 1427-1429
01 Dec 2012
PMID: 22391766

Abstract

Contrast Media Down Syndrome Echocardiography Enterocolitis, Necrotizing - diagnostic imaging Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnostic imaging Humans Infant, Newborn
This report describes the spontaneous intracardiac air contrast found on the echocardiogram of a 5 day-old term neonate with Down syndrome and a complete atrioventricular septal defect who had experienced sudden-onset tachypnea and systemic desaturation. The stream of air contrast was tracked coming from the hepatic veins, and a diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis was suspected. An abdominal radiograph and ultrasound confirmed the diagnosis.

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