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A Clinical and Pathologic Evaluation of Autopsy Material

G. Bruce Hopkins, MD; Victor E. Gould, MD; John K. Stevenson, MD; Thomas K. Oliver, Jr., MD

Am J Dis Child. 1970;120(3):229-232.

Abstract
A review of necropsy material reveals that idiopathic necrotizing enterocolitis was present in 13 of 427 (3.04%) premature infants. In seven of the 13 infants, the diagnosis had been clinically made or strongly suspected. All 13 patients showed variable degrees of pulmonary atelectasis with or without hyaline membranes. The association of necrotizing enterocolitis with the respiratory distress syndrome plus the high incidence of widespread hemorrhagic phenomena observed in these patients suggests that perinatal hypoxia and its effects on vessels may be an important pathogenetic factor. Notably, the hemorrhagic manifestations were most severe in the patients with necrosis of the bowel wall and perforation. There is a possible pathogenetic role of a diving reflex-like phenomenon.

Author Affiliations
Seattle

From the departments of pathology (Drs. Hopkins and Gould), surgery (Dr. Stevenson), and pediatrics (Dr. Oliver), University Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.

Footnotes
Received for publication Feb 2, 1970.

Reprint requests to BB218 University Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98105 (Dr. Gould).

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