ID#: 856
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This photograph was captured during a child’s autopsy, and depicts the infant’s intestinal tract, and the gross pathologic changes that were caused by a case of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis. Note the presence of intestinal necrosis, pneumatosis intestinalis, i.e., air in the intestinal wall, and site of intestinal perforation (arrow). See PHIL 857, for a closer view of this condition, including the perforation site.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr.
Creation Date: 1972
Photo Credit: Dr. Edwin P. Ewing; Jr.
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