Idiopathic Neonatal Colonic Perforation

Abstract

Though the perforation of the colon in neonates is rare, it is associated with more than 50% mortality in high-risk patients. We report a case of idiopathic neonatal perforation of the sigmoid colon in an 8-day-old, healthy, male neonate without any demonstrable cause.

Keywords

• Sigmoid colon
• perforation
• neonate