necrotizing enterocolitis

"NEC"

pneumatosis intestinalis
- submucosal: initial finding, mult. cystic lucencies; looks like stool (!)
- subserosal: linear lucencies
portal vein: +/- transient; not significant
etiology: preemie, perinatal stress, intestinal ischemia
survivors may develop intestinal strictures

Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013