%0 Journal Article
%T SPONTANEOUS PERFORATION OF MECKEL¡¯S DIVERTICULUM IN A NEONATE
%A Muhammad Qasim
%A Mahmood Shaukat
%J Journal of Neonatal Surgery
%D 2012
%I EL-MED-Pub Publishers
%X Pneumoperitoneum in a neonate is a serious entity and most of times indicate bowel perforation. In neonates the etiology of pneumoperitoneum is necrotizing enterocolitis, mechanical obstruction like atresia and stenosis, meconium ileus, hirschsprung¡¯s disease, anorectal malformations etc. or it can be a spontaneous perforation. Meckel¡¯s diverticulum perforation presenting with pneumoperitoneum is seldom reported in literature.
%K Meckel's diverticulum
%K perforation
%K neonate
%U http://jneonatalsurg.com/documents/vol-1/pdf/jns-2012-1-14.pdf