Appendiceal perforation: A rare case of massive neonatal pneumoperitoneum

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Bela Parekh (Author), Dimitra Maria Lotakis (Author), Aimee Geeyoung Kim (Author), Caroline Talsma Simon (Author), K. Elizabeth Speck (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Elsevier, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
• Urunga tuihono: Connect to this object online.

A pre-term newborn male was admitted to the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit with severe left ventricular and aortic hypoplasia. On day-of-life-13, massive pneumoperitoneum was incidentally identified on a chest radiograph after central line placement. Emergent exploration with thorough examina...