Premature newborn with abdominal distension 2 weeks after recovery from a documented episode of necrotizing enterocolitis

Gastrointestinal
Enema of colonic strictures after necrotizing enterocolitis
AXR AP (left) shows multiple dilated loops of bowel throughout the abdomen. AP image from early in a barium enema (above right) shows a fixed narrowing in the sigmoid colon while AP image from later in the enema (below right) shows additional areas of fixed narrowing beneath the splenic flexure, at the splenic flexure and beneath the hepatic flexure.

The diagnosis was multiple colonic strictures after necrotizing enterocolitis.

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