Neonatal Perforated Appendicitis Masquerading as Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Authors

Andrew Tumen, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Le Bonehur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Pranit N. Chotai, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Le Bonehur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
John Matthew Williams, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Le Bonehur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Adrianne Myers-Webb, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Le Bonehur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Jie Zhang, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Le Bonehur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.Follow
Ramesh Krishnan, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Le Bonehur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
James W. Eubanks Iii, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Le Bonehur Children's Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.

Abstract

A preterm neonate underwent emergent laparotomy for presumed necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Intra-operatively, neonatal perforated appendicitis (NPA) was encountered. This may represent a form of NEC localized to the appendix. A high index of clinical suspicion and early laparotomy are recommended.

Publication Title

Journal of neonatal surgery

Recommended Citation

Tumen, A., Chotai, P. N., Williams, J. M., Myers-Webb, A., Zhang, J., Krishnan, R., & Eubanks Iii, J. W. (2017). Neonatal Perforated Appendicitis Masquerading as Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Journal of neonatal surgery, 6 (2), 39. https://doi.org/10.21699/jns.v6i2.482