Department of Paediatrics, Kwong Wah Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong
YS Liu ( 廖月倩 ) MBChB, MRCP(UK), MRCP(Ire), DCH(Ire)
KN Yuen ( 阮嘉毅 ) MB(HK), FHKAM, FHKCPaed, FRCPCH, FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Glasg), DCH(Lond), DCH(Glasg)
CS Ho ( 何誌信 ) MB(HK), FRCP(Glasg), DCH(Glasg), FRCP(Eng)
Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
KH Tam ( 譚廣亨 ) ChM, FRCS
Correspondence to: Dr YS Liu
Received Oct 7, 1997
We report a case of spontaneous rupture of stomach in a preterm Chinese baby. This rare condition is potentially lethal and requires early recognition and combined expert neonatal and surgical care to ensure a successful clinical outcome. The risk factors that can be identified in this patient were prematurity, hypoxia and sepsis.
