Neonatal Appendicitis: Difficult Diagnosis with Enterocolitis

نویسندگان
Louati, Hamdi ID 1
Mhiri, Riadh ID 2
Zitouni, Hayet ID 3
Belhajmansour, Manel ID 4
Jallouli, Mohamed ID 5

1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hedi Chaker Hospital, 30219 Sfax, Tunisia.

2 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hedi Chaker Hospital, 30219 Sfax, Tunisia.

3 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hedi Chaker Hospital, 30219 Sfax, Tunisia.

4 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hedi Chaker Hospital, 30219 Sfax, Tunisia.

5 Department of Pediatric Surgery. Hedi Chaker Hospital. 30219 Sfax, Tunisia.

doi
10.22038/ijp.2018.29752.2619
چکیده

The clinical presentation of appendicitis in the newborn is nonspecific. The diagnosis was always made after surgical exploration for acute abdominal findings mimicking necrotizing enterocolitis. We report the case of acute appendicitis in a newborn diagnosed intraoperatively after neonatal occlusion symptoms.

کلیدواژه‌ها
Neonatal, Appendicitis, enterocolitis