A Report of a Newborn with Gastric Rupture Associated with Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Abstract

A neonate who had gastric rupture and necrotizing enterocolitis was reported. On the histological investigation of the involved stomach, jejunum and colon, it was characteristic that there were minimum infiltrations of the inflamatory cells and marked intramural bleeding. A review of the cases with gastric rupture and the cases with necrotizing enterocolitis disclosed a high incidence combined with perinatal hypoxia in both conditions. It seems that there may be a close etiological relation between idiopathic gastric rupture and necrotizing enterocolitis.