title: Multiple ileal polyps associated with gastrointestinal perforation in a 2-day-old neonate.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kurume University Hospital, 67 Asahimachi, Kurume City, Fukuoka, 830-0011 Japan. asagiri@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kimio
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asagiri
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asakawa
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanigawa
authors.forename: Kenjiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akiyoshi
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hikida
authors.forename: Hiroyoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizote
mesh_terms: 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