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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1977;20(11):880-887. Published online November 30, 1977.

Two Cases of Necrotizing Enterocolitis.

Byung Do Nam¹, Tae Ho Lee¹, Jin Bok Song¹, Kew Tack Kim¹, Chang Rok Choi²

¹Department of Pediatrics, St. Benedict Hospital, Busan, Korea.
²Department of General Surgery, St. Benedict Hospital, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an acute fulminating disease of neonate characterized by diffuse or patchy intestinal necrosis accompanied by sepsis and often followed by perforation, peritonitis and death. We had experienced 2 cases of NEC recently which were diagnosed by clinical, X-Ray survey, histologic finding of operation. Review of the references concerning NEC was made briefly.

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