Tepmalai Kanokkan, Naowapan Thanyaluck, Singhavejsakul Jesda, Laohapensang Mongkol, Khorana Jiraporn
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University Hospital, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University, Thailand.
J Neonatal Surg. 2017 Jan 1;6(1):13. doi: 10.21699/jns.v6i1.407. eCollection 2017 Jan-Mar.
Intussusception in a premature baby is a rare condition. We report a male preterm infant, who developed abdominal distension and abdominal wall erythema. He was operated with suspicion of NEC but an ileo-ileal intussusception and intestinal perforation were encountered at operation.