A Rare Presentation of NEC and High Grade IVH in a Near-Term, Normal Weight Baby With Positive Thrombophilia Profile: Case Report

Abstract

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious condition characterized by severe ischemic inflammation of the bowel with invasion of gas-forming organisms into the bowel wall. Intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) is another serious condition characterized by bleeding into the ventricles from the friable germinal matrix in premature infants. Both typically occur in the preterm and low–birth weight neonates. In this report, we present a 36+-week gestation and normal weight newborn with no risk factors developed both NEC and high-grade IVH. Upon investigation, he was found to have a positive thrombophilia profile.