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Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México
versión impresa ISSN 1665-1146
Resumen
ALVARADO-SOCARRAS, Jorge L.; GOMEZ-CAPACHO, Andrea; NINO-TOVAR, Maria A. y PINILLA-OREJANA, Adriana. Preterm neonate with spontaneous intestinal perforation of very early presentation. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2021, vol.78, n.2, pp.143-147. Epub 21-Abr-2021. ISSN 1665-1146. https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhim.20000054.
Background:
Spontaneous intestinal perforation is a condition that mainly affects preterm infants.
Case report:
The case of a preterm infant of 26 weeks of gestation with pneumoperitoneum in the first 24 hours of life is described. Due to the early symptoms and radiological findings, the first diagnostic hypothesis was gastric perforation. However, at laparotomy, a unique ileal perforation was found, without findings of enterocolitis.
Conclusions:
Spontaneous intestinal perforation is a complication associated with medical interventions such as the concomitant use of steroids and indomethacin. Recently, other interventions, such as the use of prenatal magnesium and treatment with exogenous pulmonary surfactants in a minimally invasive way have been proposed as risk factors for its development. At present, clinicians should evaluate spontaneous intestinal perforation and its associations, and ongoing and future research may clarify the role of the interventions mentioned in the review of preliminary literature.
Palabras llave : Spontaneous intestinal perforation; Magnesium sulfate; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Preterm.