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<journal-id>1137-6627</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Anales Sis San Navarra]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1137-6627</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Gobierno de Navarra. Departamento de Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1137-66272018000200249</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.23938/assn.0292</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Apendicitis como causa de abdomen agudo en etapa neonatal. A propósito de un caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Appendicitis, an unusual cause of acute abdomen in neonatal patients. A case report]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Casal-Beloy]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[I.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Novoa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[M.A.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Somoza Argibay]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[I.]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dargallo Carbonell]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[T.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>41</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>249</fpage>
<lpage>253</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1137-66272018000200249&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1137-66272018000200249&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1137-66272018000200249&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La apendicitis es la entidad quirúrgica más frecuente en la infancia, pero es poco habitual en el periodo neonatal. A esta edad, su retraso diagnóstico (habitual dada la rareza de esta patología y la falta de sospecha clínica) y consecuentemente terapéutico, hace frecuente la perforación apendicular y la mala evolución posterior de esta patología. Presentamos el caso de un neonato con antecedentes de síndrome de Down y tetralogía de Fallot. Debido a su cardiopatía basal, precisó una intervención quirúrgica para realizar la creación de una fístula sistémico-pulmonar, como puente temporal hasta la cirugía cardíaca definitiva. En el postoperatorio de esta intervención presentó fiebre, abdomen agudo y radiografía abdominal compatible con la presencia de neumoperitoneo. Se realizó una laparotomía urgente que evidenció una peritonitis secundaria a un apéndice cecal gangrenoso con perforación en su tercio medio. La apendicitis neonatal suele presentarse asociada a enfermedades como la fibrosis quística, la enterocolitis necrotizante, o la enfermedad de Hirschsprung, como fue el caso de nuestra paciente. La apendicitis debe formar parte del diagnóstico diferencial en los neonatos con un abdomen agudo y presencia de neumoperitoneo, ya que precisa intervención quirúrgica urgente, a pesar de lo cual presenta una alta tasa de morbimortalidad. Una vez realizado el diagnóstico definitivo, debería descartase la presencia de cualquier patología basal que justificara su presencia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Appendicitis is the most frequent surgical disease in childhood, but it is very uncommon in the neonatal period. In this period of life, a delay in diagnosis (frequently due to the rareness of this pathology and lack of clinical suspicion) and consequently in therapeutic approach, frequently results in appendicular perforation and a subsequently poor evolution of this pathology. We present the case of a neonate with a history of Down&#8217;s syndrome and Fallot&#8217;s tetralogy. Due to her basal cardiopathy, she required surgical intervention to create a systemic-pulmonary fistula, as a temporary bridge until definitive cardiac surgery could be performed. In the postoperative period of this surgery she presented fever, acute abdomen and abdominal radiography compatible with pneumoperitoneum. An emergency laparotomy was performed, which revealed peritonitis secondary to a cecal gangrenous appendix with perforation in its middle third. Neonatal appendicitis is usually associated with diseases such as cystic fibrosis, necrotizing enterocolitis, or Hirschsprung&#8217;s disease, as in the case of our patient. In neonates with acute abdomen and presence of pneumoperitoneum, appendicitis must be part of the differential diagnosis and requires urgent surgical intervention. Despite this, it presents a high rate of morbidity and mortality. Once the definitive diagnosis is made, any basal pathology that justifies its presence should be discarded.]]></p></abstract>
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