Multiple ileal polyps associated with gastrointestinal perforation in a 2-day-old neonate.
We experienced a very rare case of a gastrointestinal perforation due to multiple ileal polyps. The patient was a 2-day-old boy who weighed 1,430 g at birth. At neonatal day 2 subdiaphragmatic free air was noted and an emergency operation was performed. During surgery a distended ileum approximately 5 cm in size was found approximately 40 cm distal from the ileocecum, and a perforation was discovered in the distended portion of the intestine. Approximately 8 cm of the ileum was resected, including the distended portion of the intestine, and an ileostomy was performed. Examination of the resected specimen revealed three pedunculated polyps with a perforation proximal to the polyps.
Asagiri
Kimio
K
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kurume University Hospital, 67 Asahimachi, Kurume City, Fukuoka, 830-0011 Japan. asagiri@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Tanaka
Yoshiaki
Y
Tanaka
Hiroaki
H
Asakawa
Takahiro
T
Tanigawa
Ken
K
Akiyoshi
Kenjiro
K
Hikida
Shigeki
S
Mizote
Hiroyoshi
H
D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D007417:Intestinal Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male