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Case Report

Recurrent Supraventricular Tachycardia and Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Causative Role or a Simple Association? A Case Report and Literature Review

by
Ghassan Nakib
1,*,
Sameer Sajwani
2,
Zahreddin Abusalah
3,
Abdelazeim Abdallah
3,
Nada Ibrahim
4,
Aseel Fattah
4,
Rossana Bussani
5,
Valeria Calcaterra
6 and
Gloria Pelizzo
7
1
Department of Paediatric Surgery,Medclinic Middle East, Mediclinic CityHospital Dubai
2
Department of Paediatric, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Mediclinic City Hospital, Dubai
3
Department of Neonatology, MediclinicCity Hospital, Dubai
4
Histopathology Unit, Mediclinic CityHospital, Dubai
5
Institute of Pathologic Anatomy, University of Trieste
6
Pediatric Unit, Department of Maternal and Children’s Health, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia
7
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital “G. Di Cristina, ARNAS Civico-Di Cristina-Benfretelli”, Palermo
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Pediatr. Rep. 2018, 10(3), 7636; https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2018.7636
Submission received: 10 February 2018 / Revised: 11 June 2018 / Accepted: 11 June 2018 / Published: 25 September 2018

Abstract

Insufficiency in mesenteric flow is a risk factor for the development of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Recurrent episodes of supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) can lead to gut ischemia, with subsequent reperfusion injury. We present a term infant who developed NEC at 37 days of life after refractory SVT and reverted to sinus rhythm on day 23 and 25 of life. Resected stenotic ileum and transverse colon demonstrated inflammation with ischemia. This is the first case of NEC following SVT in a term infant without a congenital morphologic abnormality. In view of the temporal sequence of events, and in the absence of other risk factors for NEC, the SVT and NEC were likely causally related.
Keywords: necrotizing enterocolitis; supraventricular tachycardia; recurrent; newborn; term necrotizing enterocolitis; supraventricular tachycardia; recurrent; newborn; term

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Nakib, G.; Sajwani, S.; Abusalah, Z.; Abdallah, A.; Ibrahim, N.; Fattah, A.; Bussani, R.; Calcaterra, V.; Pelizzo, G. Recurrent Supraventricular Tachycardia and Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Causative Role or a Simple Association? A Case Report and Literature Review. Pediatr. Rep. 2018, 10, 7636. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2018.7636

AMA Style

Nakib G, Sajwani S, Abusalah Z, Abdallah A, Ibrahim N, Fattah A, Bussani R, Calcaterra V, Pelizzo G. Recurrent Supraventricular Tachycardia and Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Causative Role or a Simple Association? A Case Report and Literature Review. Pediatric Reports. 2018; 10(3):7636. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2018.7636

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Nakib, Ghassan, Sameer Sajwani, Zahreddin Abusalah, Abdelazeim Abdallah, Nada Ibrahim, Aseel Fattah, Rossana Bussani, Valeria Calcaterra, and Gloria Pelizzo. 2018. "Recurrent Supraventricular Tachycardia and Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Causative Role or a Simple Association? A Case Report and Literature Review" Pediatric Reports 10, no. 3: 7636. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2018.7636

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Nakib, G., Sajwani, S., Abusalah, Z., Abdallah, A., Ibrahim, N., Fattah, A., Bussani, R., Calcaterra, V., & Pelizzo, G. (2018). Recurrent Supraventricular Tachycardia and Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Causative Role or a Simple Association? A Case Report and Literature Review. Pediatric Reports, 10(3), 7636. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2018.7636

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