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01-12-2012 | Case Report
An Unusual Presentation of Necrotizing Enterocolitis on an Echocardiogram
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 8/2012
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This report describes the spontaneous intracardiac air contrast found on the echocardiogram of a 5 day-old term neonate with Down syndrome and a complete atrioventricular septal defect who had experienced sudden-onset tachypnea and systemic desaturation. The stream of air contrast was tracked coming from the hepatic veins, and a diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis was suspected. An abdominal radiograph and ultrasound confirmed the diagnosis.