TY - JOUR
T1 - An unusual complication of umbilical catheterization
AU - Costa, Simonetta
AU - De Carolis, Maria Pia
AU - Savarese, Immacolata
AU - Manzoni, Carlo
AU - Lacerenza, Serafina
AU - Romagnoli, Costantino
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - We report the first case of perforated Meckel's diverticulum in a 1-day-old pre-term infant as a consequence of umbilical vein catheterisation. The clinical course consisted of abdominal distension and pneumoperitoneum that occurred after 12 h of life. Perforated Meckel's diverticulum was found at laparotomy. Neither inflammatory phenomena nor ectopic mucosa were found at microscopical examination. Perforation of the diverticulum was a complication of umbilical catheter insertion through a narrow lumen in the umbilical cord mistaken for an umbilical vein and connected to Meckel's diverticulum through a very short fibrous band. A search of the literature did not reveal any similar cases
AB - We report the first case of perforated Meckel's diverticulum in a 1-day-old pre-term infant as a consequence of umbilical vein catheterisation. The clinical course consisted of abdominal distension and pneumoperitoneum that occurred after 12 h of life. Perforated Meckel's diverticulum was found at laparotomy. Neither inflammatory phenomena nor ectopic mucosa were found at microscopical examination. Perforation of the diverticulum was a complication of umbilical catheter insertion through a narrow lumen in the umbilical cord mistaken for an umbilical vein and connected to Meckel's diverticulum through a very short fibrous band. A search of the literature did not reveal any similar cases
KW - complication
KW - umbulical catheterization
KW - complication
KW - umbulical catheterization
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/22903
M3 - Article
SN - 0340-6199
SP - 1467
EP - 1469
JO - European Journal of Pediatrics
JF - European Journal of Pediatrics
ER -