Wurtzel D, Nicosia R F, Yoskovitch A, Zubrow A B
Division of Neonatology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129, USA.
J Matern Fetal Med. 1996 Jan-Feb;5(1):18-21. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6661(199601/02)5:1<18::AID-MFM4>3.0.CO;2-W.
We describe a rare case of a viable preterm infant who developed a spontaneous localized perforation of the small bowel caused by a segmental absence of the intestinal musculature and associated with vascular ectasia. The findings may support a causal relationship between absence of the intestinal muscle coat and a vascular network disorder which may be responsible for the gastroenteric defect.