Necrotizing Enterocolitis Presented at birth in a Full-Term Baby Born to a Mother with Chorioamnionitis

Abstract

Necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn infants is an inflammatory disease affecting most commonly newborn infants born prematurely. This condition's main cause is yet unknown, but immature mucosa associated with the fast introduction of milk are the two major risk pillars. The optimum time of occurrence is between the two weeks of life, and week six depends on the gestation age. It is seldom to occur in full-term newborns and quite unusual to present at birth. The authors present a case where a full-term baby is born with evidence of necrotizing enterocolitis to a mother with chorioamnionitis and antiphospholipid syndrome.