Mallory-Weiss syndrome in a 10-month-old infant requiring surgery.
Mallory-Weiss syndrome is infrequent in children. Intractable hemorrhage requiring surgery has been reported in only one 6-year-old child in the English literature. We present a case of intractable hemorrhage from a Mallory-Weiss lesion in a 10-month-old infant requiring surgery. The incidence, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of Mallory-Weiss syndrome in children is discussed in relation to this case.
D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008309:Mallory-Weiss Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*