CASE REPORT article
Front. Pediatr.
Sec. Neonatology
This article is part of the Research TopicAdvances and Challenges in Neonatal Surgery: Congenital and Acquired ConditionsView all 32 articles
Necrotizing Enterocolitis in a neonate with severe Congenital Pulmonary Valve Stenosis complicated by postoperative right Atrial Thrombus: A Case Report
Provisionally accepted
- 1Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
- 2Key Laboratory of Birth Defects and Related Diseases of Women and Children, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
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Congenital heart disease may increase the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis, especially in low-birth-weight infants. We report a case of a newborn with pulmonary valve stenosis who developed neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis IIIB. The infant underwent initial cardiac surgery followed by a laparotomy. After cardiac surgery, a right atrial thrombus was found by cardiac ultrasound. Enterococcus faecium was identified by metagenomic next-generation sequencing of ascitic fluid. The infant received targeted antibiotic therapy and anticoagulant treatment, and then discharged.
Keywords: Pulmonary Valve Stenosis, necrotizing enterocolitis, metagenomic next-generation sequencing, anticoagulation, case report
Received: 17 Mar 2025; Accepted: 07 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence:
Li Zhang, zhanglihk@126.com
Haiting Liu, liuhaiting9@163.com
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