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| Year : 2010 | Volume
: 15
| Issue : 2 | Page : 67-69 |
Beware of neonatal appendicitis
Rizwan A Khan, Prema Menon, K. L. N. Rao
Department of Pediatric Surgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Rizwan A Khan
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, J. N. Medical College, Aligarh - 202 002, U.P
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.70646
We report a neonate with acute appendicitis who was mistakenly diagnosed and treated initially as neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis. The diagnostic dilemma of this rare and life-threatening condition in premature babies and newborns is underlined. Awareness of this rare condition and possible differential diagnosis in this age group is also discussed.
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