Mild form of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis masked by anal fissures.
In three infants with clinically mild necrotizing enterocolitis, heme-positive stools were initially attributed to anal fissures, delaying diagnosis and treatment of the enterocolitis for 4-10 days. Radiographically, pneumatosis intestinalis involved the entire colon and rectum. A causal relation may exist between necrotizing enterocolitis and anal fissure.
D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005401:Fissure in Ano / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography