Obstruction and gangrene of bowel with perforation due to a mesenteric cyst in a newborn.
The acute abdomen in a newborn is not an uncommon condition and the causes are multiple; however, intestinal occlusion with gangrene of the bowel due to a mesenteric cyst has not been recorded before and the purpose of this paper is to record a case of a newborn with intestinal obstruction and gangrene of the bowel due to a mesenteric cyst.
D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008639:Mesenteric Cyst / Q000150:complications*