Acute appendicitis in a premature baby.
Acute appendicitis with perforation in a premature baby, weighing 1 050 g, is described. Initially the infant did well after surgery, but succumbed to sepsis, as a result of hyperalimentation, eleven days later. This is the smallest infant suffering from appendicitis reported in the English literature.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000601:surgery*; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male