perinatal necrotizing enterocolitis
MONDO:0004639Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names perinatal necrotizing enterocolitis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A fulminating disease of neonates in which there is extensive mucosal ulceration, pseudomembrane formation, submucosal hemorrhage, and necrosis usually of the right colon, cecum, terminal ileum, and appendix, possibly due to perinatal intestinal ischemia and bacterial invasion. Progression can lead to necrosis, perforation and/or scarring of the intestinal tract.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0004639), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: perinatal necrotizing enterocolitis
- Also called
- necrotizing enterocolitis in foetus or newborn