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- More common in premature infants
- Sites
- Terminal ileum
- Caecum
- Distal colon
Presentation
- abdomen tense and distended
- mucus and blood PR
- erythema of bowel wall
- suggests full thickness necrosis of bowel with peritonitis
Pathology
- mesenteric ischaemia
- bacterial invasion of mucosa
- sepsis
Investigation
- AXR
- distended loops of intestine
- gas bubbles in bowel wall (intramural gas)
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