Food protein‐induced enterocolitis syndrome with pneumatosis intestinalis in an exclusively breastfed infant: A case report and literature review

Abstract

Abstract A 1‐month‐old male, exclusively breastfed, presented with 24 h of bloody stools, vomiting, metabolic acidosis, and pneumatosis intestinalis. The patient was initially treated for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). However, after suspecting food protein‐induced enterocolitis syndrome (FPIES), oral feeding was resumed using an exclusive elemental formula, and the biochemical and radiological findings were resolved.

Keywords

• food protein‐induced enterocolitis syndrome
• metabolic acidosis
• necrotizing enterocolitis
• pneumatosis intestinalis