title: Perforated Meckel's diverticulum in a very preterm baby revealed at birth.
abstract: Perforated Meckel's diverticulum (MD) in a preterm baby is very rare. We report a case of a very preterm baby, born at 29-week gestation, with a birth weight of 1400 g, admitted in the third hour of life to our intensive care unit (ICU) for respiratory distress syndrome with abdominal distention. An abdominal radiograph showed a pneumoperitoneum. Laparotomy revealed Meckel's perforation. The baby was discharged healthy at the age of 16 days. MD should be kept in mind as one cause of an acute abdomen in preterm neonates mimicking necrotizing enterocolitis. To our knowledge, our patient is the third reported case described in the literature and the first one revealed at birth.
authors: 1 PICU-Children's Hospital of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
authors: Aida
authors: A
authors: Borgi
authors: Asma
authors: A
authors: Bouziri
authors: Nedia
authors: N
authors: Boujelbene
authors: Nedia
authors: N
authors: Sghairoun
authors: Serra
authors: S
authors: Belhadj
authors: Najla
authors: N
authors: Benjeballah
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D020345:Enterocolitis, Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology