COLONIC CHANGES FOLLOWING NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IN THE NEWBORN

Abstract

Colonic findings are presented in 2 infants who survived necrotizing enterocolitis. In one infant, nodular submucosal infiltrates were observed throughout the colon which roentgenographically and pathologically resemble benign lymphoid polyposis. The latter may represent a nonspecific reparative or immunologic response. The second infant demonstrated a stricture in the descending colon which is believed to represent the end-stage of an underlying ischemic process.