Perforated Gastric Diverticulum in a Preterm Newborn: A Case Report
Gastric diverticulum in newborn infants is the rarest (0.04%) of gastrointestinal diverticula. Most of them especially in this age group are asymptomatic or cannot be diagnosed based on examinations and symptoms. However, if it becomes symptomatic, the symptoms can range from vague abdominal pain to...
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Pediatric Surgery Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2020-12-01
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| author | Seyed Amir Kazem Vejdan Malihe Khosravi Zahra Amirian |
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| description | Gastric diverticulum in newborn infants is the rarest (0.04%) of gastrointestinal diverticula. Most of them especially in this age group are asymptomatic or cannot be diagnosed based on examinations and symptoms. However, if it becomes symptomatic, the symptoms can range from vague abdominal pain to bleeding, perforation or torsion. The present case report discusses a preterm newborn with a perforated gastric diverticulum. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5201e89812d49af8bb4c3e3ef3437d62022-12-21T17:17:17ZengPediatric Surgery Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery2423-76122020-12-016211812210.22037/irjps.v6i2.2911729117Perforated Gastric Diverticulum in a Preterm Newborn: A Case ReportSeyed Amir Kazem Vejdanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6457-8536Malihe KhosraviZahra AmirianGastric diverticulum in newborn infants is the rarest (0.04%) of gastrointestinal diverticula. Most of them especially in this age group are asymptomatic or cannot be diagnosed based on examinations and symptoms. However, if it becomes symptomatic, the symptoms can range from vague abdominal pain to bleeding, perforation or torsion. The present case report discusses a preterm newborn with a perforated gastric diverticulum.https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/irjps/article/view/29117preterm newbornperforatedgastric diverticulum. |
| spellingShingle | Seyed Amir Kazem Vejdan Malihe Khosravi Zahra Amirian Perforated Gastric Diverticulum in a Preterm Newborn: A Case Report Iranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery preterm newborn perforated gastric diverticulum. |
| title | Perforated Gastric Diverticulum in a Preterm Newborn: A Case Report |
| title_full | Perforated Gastric Diverticulum in a Preterm Newborn: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Perforated Gastric Diverticulum in a Preterm Newborn: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perforated Gastric Diverticulum in a Preterm Newborn: A Case Report |
| title_short | Perforated Gastric Diverticulum in a Preterm Newborn: A Case Report |
| title_sort | perforated gastric diverticulum in a preterm newborn a case report |
| topic | preterm newborn perforated gastric diverticulum. |
| url | https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/irjps/article/view/29117 |
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