title: Strangulated bowel as an unusual complication of neonatal congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a case report and literature review.
abstract: Strangulation of bowel in utero causing infarction has been rarely reported in neonates. We report a case of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with bowel incarceration, requiring substantial resection of necrotic bowel. Despite a prolonged hospitalization, the patient had a good outcome and was discharged home nippling full enteral feeds. Three previous cases with a similar diagnosis were identified through a literature review and suggest a similar pattern of initial patient presentation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO 63104, USA.
authors.forename: Justin B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Josephsen
authors.forename: Denise B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Klinkner
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Hosni
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D055815:Young Adult