Gastric pneumatosis following cardiac surgery.
Infiltration of the stomach wall by air, first described by Fraenkel in 1889 [3], is a very rare condition. We describe the first reported case of gastric pneumatosis occurring in a child with complex congenital heart disease after cardiac surgery.
Taylor
D R
DR
Tung
J Y
JY
Baffa
J M
JM
Shaffer
S E
SE
Blecker
U
U
D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011006:Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000209:etiology*