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Volume 6, Issue 3 (Suppl)
J Neonatal Biol, an open access journal
ISSN:2167-0897
Neonatology 2017
December 04-06, 2017
December 04-06, 2017 | Madrid, Spain
20
th
International Conference on
NEONATOLOGY AND PERINATOLOGY
Stercoral perforation of the ileum in a very low birth weight infant: A case report
Eun-jung Koo
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Republic of Korea
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tercoral perforation is rare spontaneous rupture of the bowel that is associated with a high risk of mortality. Cases of
Stercoral perforation have typically been reported in adults, with the colon being the most common site of perforation.
There has been no case report of Stercoral perforation in infants. In this case report, we describe a Stercoral perforation in the
distal ileum in a pretermmale infant. An 11-day-old male was referred with complaints of vomiting and abdominal distension.
Dilatation of bowels with fecal impaction was found on simple abdominal radiographs. Abdominal distension was aggravated
with no effect of glycerin enema. Explorative laparotomy was performed and Stercoral perforation of the distal ileum was
confirmed.
joykoo@hanmail.netJ Neonatal Biol 2017, 6:3(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0897-C1-006