title: Neonatal appendiceal perforation and Hirschsprung's disease.
abstract: The case of a boy infant with neonatal appendiceal perforation who presented at 9 years of age with Hirschsprung's disease is reported. A retrospective review of the microscopic sections of the appendix demonstrated periappendicitis without transmural inflammation. The importance of differentiating between true appendicitis and periappendicitis in a neonate with appendiceal perforation is stressed, in order to avoid a missed diagnosis of Hirschsprung's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY 10025.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arliss
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Holgersen
mesh_terms: D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006627:Hirschsprung Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous