[Intestinal fistula: an unusual complication of necrotizing enterocolitis in the preterm infant].
Intestinal fistula is a rare complication in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and is typically associated with a colonic stricture. We report the case of a preterm infant with severe NEC, who developed an ileocolic fistula followed by the appearance of a colonic stricture after surgical treatment. This report shows how complex the outcome of NEC can be: a contrast enema should be done in NEC when the clinical or biological outcome is not favorable, in order not to delay the diagnosis of intestinal fistula.
Guyot
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Service de réanimation néonatale, centre hospitalier de la Polynésie-Française, BP 1640, 98713 Papeete, Tahiti, Polynésie Française. purotu@wanadoo.fr
Kuo
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Pawlotsky
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F
Papouin-Rauzy
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Delbreil
J-P
JP
D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome