Neonatal gastrointestinal pseudohaemorrhage.
Bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract is uncommon in the first few hours of life. On rare occasions swallowed maternal blood mimics gastrointestinal haemorrhage and causes concern in an otherwise healthy infant. We present a case and discuss how we arrived at the diagnosis, through a careful history and the use of a simple laboratory test.
Bulstrode
N W
NW
Department of Paediatric Surgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK.
Cuckow
P M
PM
Spitz
L S
LS
D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn