[Adult necrotizing enterocolitis, an atypical presentation of mesenteric ischemia?] / Enterocolitis necrotizante del adulto, ¿una presentación atípica de la isquemia mesentérica?

ABSTRACT

Necrotizing enterocolitis in adults (ECNA) is a disease of uncertain etiology, very rare, with very few cases described in the literature and with high mortality. There is a strong correlation between vascular and infectious events involved in the pathogenesis of massive intestinal necrosis in this entity.