title: Intrauterine gastric perforation.
abstract: We describe a case of intrauterine gastric perforation in a 31-week gestational age baby girl. The patient presented at birth with abdominal distension, respiratory distress, and massive pneumoperitoneum on radiography. The perforation was managed by resuscitation, celiotomy, and gastrostomy tube placement through the site of perforation. This is the second report of an intrauterine gastric perforation in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California San Francisco-East Bay, Oakland, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eusterbrock
authors.forename: Sunghoon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013275:Stomach Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery