Emphysematous gastritis in a newborn: Is it very rare or do we just miss it?

Article type: Case Report

Authors: Ranjan, V.^a | Chowdhry, B.K.^b | Kumar, C.M.^{a; *}

Affiliations: [a] Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India | [b] Department of Neonatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Dr. Chandra Mohan Kumar, Additional Professor, Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna Bihar, 801507, India. Tel.: +91 9810730206; E-mail: cmkumar@aiimspatna.org.

Abstract: Emphysematous gastritis is a rare and life-threatening condition caused by gastric inflammation and intramural gas formation, most often diagnosed through radiological evidence of a radiolucent shadow in the stomach wall in the clinical scenario of severe sickness. We report a case of emphysematous gastritis secondary to early-onset neonatal sepsis in a newborn which, to the best of our knowledge, has not otherwise been reported. Is it very rare or do we just miss it?

Keywords: Gas shadow, feed intolerance, necrotizing enterocolitis, gastric emphysema, abdominal distension, neonatal sepsis

DOI: 10.3233/NPM-210862

Journal: Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 859-861, 2022