Neonatal appendicitis: A rare presentation of necrotising enterocolitis in a term infant

Authors

  • Subhash Rao
  • Nandita Saxena
  • Kumar Salvii
  • Vishwas Chavan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32677/ijch.v9i4.3223

Keywords:

Neonatal appendicitis, Necrotising enterocolitis, Peritonitis

Abstract

Appendicitis is one of the rare causes of acute abdomen in the neonatal age group. We describe one such case in a term baby and discuss its pathogenesis as one of the presentations of Necrotising Enterocolitis.

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Published

2022-04-29

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 4 (2022): April

Section

Case Reports

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Copyright (c) 2022 Subhash Rao, Nandita Saxena, Kumar Salvii, Vishwas Chavan

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Rao, S. ., Saxena, N., Salvii, K. ., & Chavan, V. . (2022). Neonatal appendicitis: A rare presentation of necrotising enterocolitis in a term infant. Indian Journal of Child Health, 9(4), 61-62. https://doi.org/10.32677/ijch.v9i4.3223