Colonic Stenosis Post-Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Term Newborn with Acquired Cytomegalovirus Infection
L. Marseglia, S. Manti, G. D'Angelo, M. Lima, P. Impellizzeri, C. Romeo, E. GittoClinical case, no. 2, 2015
Necrotizing enterocolitis is a gastrointestinal emergencytypical of premature infants. Intestinal strictures infrequently complicate medical or surgical treatment of necrotizingenterocolitis. Postnatal cytomegalovirus infection with gastrointestinal involvement has occasionally been described insubjects with necrotizing enterocolitis. We report the case of a full term infant presenting necrotizing enterocolitis, acquiredcytomegalovirus infection and post necrotizing enterocolitiscolonic stricture.List of abbreviations: necrotizing enterocolitis = NEC,cytomegalovirus = CMV
