Day: March 12, 2024

Premature newborn with past history of necrotizing colitis who is having difficulty stooling

Enema of post necrotizing enterocolitis stricture of the colon
AP image from an enema (left) shows a transition zone in the lower right of the image from a narrow sigmoid colon to a more dilated descending colon above it. Spot image from the enema (right) shows the narrowed colonic lumen filled with contrast connecting those two parts of the colon.

The diagnosis was a stricture of the descending colon after necrotizing enterocolitis.