title: Lower gastrointestinal bleeding in a newborn caused by isolated intestinal vascular malformation.
abstract: We report a 3-week-old neonate with an intestinal vascular malformation. The usual investigations performed for the examination of lower gastrointestinal bleeding had negative results, but ultrasound revealed bowel loops of abnormal calibre and altered flow in the superior mesenteric artery. Ultrasound should be considered a diagnostic study of primary importance when assessing a neonate with gastrointestinal bleeding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, L. Barozzi 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy. alessandroborsellino@virgilio.it
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borsellino
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poggiani
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alberti
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cheli
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernardi
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Locatelli
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Locatelli
mesh_terms: D000751:Anemia, Neonatal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler