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Case Report
Three Cases of Pneumoperitoneum in Ventilated Newborns
Chun Ok Yang, Ho Young Lee, Won Kju Choe, Baek Keun Lim, Jong Soo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(7):1006-1011.   Published online July 15, 1995
Pneumoperitoneum in the newborn is usually a surgical emergency resulting from gastroint-estinal perforation. However, pneumoperitoneum can occur secondary to a pulmonary air leak which progresses from the mediastinum to the retroperitoneum by way of perivascular spaces and then to the peritoneum following rupture. We have observed this phenomenon in three ventilated newborn. A brief review of the related literatures was...
A Case of Immature Intrapericardial Teratoma
Hea Young Shin, Won Kju Choe, Hae Yong Lee, Chong Kook Lee, Keun Chang Song, Soon Hee Jung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1994;37(1):129-134.   Published online January 15, 1994
This paper describles a case of intrapericardial teratoma in a 20-day-old female neonate, who suffered from cyanosis and respiratory difficulty. She was evaluated by echocardiography, chest CT and MRI, the suspected intrapericardial mass was identified and surgically removed. The postoperative diagnosis was intrapericardial teratoma, grade II. This case is reported with brief review of some related literature.