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Neonatal Intestinal Perforation Caused by Intestinal Muscularis Defect Associated with Vascular Ectasia
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Neonatal Intestinal Perforation Caused by Intestinal Muscularis Defect Associated with Vascular Ectasia

David Wurtzel, Roberto F. Nicosia, Adi Yoskovitch and Alan B. Zubrow
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine, v 5(1), pp 18-21
1996

Abstract

We describe a rare case of a viable preterm infant who developed a spontaneous localized perforation of the small bowel caused by a segmental absence of the intestinal musculature and associated with vascular ectasia. The findings may support a causal relationship between absence of the intestinal muscle coat and a vascular network disorder which may be responsible for the gastroenteric defect.

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