Lactobezoar formation in two premature infants receiving medium-chain triglyceride formula

M Prahl; D Smetana; N Porta

doi:10.1038/jp.2014.78

Lactobezoar formation in two premature infants receiving medium-chain triglyceride formula

J Perinatol. 2014 Aug;34(8):634-5. doi: 10.1038/jp.2014.78.

Authors

M Prahl¹, D Smetana¹, N Porta²

Affiliations

¹ Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
² 1] Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA [2] Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.

PMID: 25073493
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.78

Abstract

We describe two cases of premature infants who developed clinical and radiologic evidence of gastric lactobezoars within the same month in our neonatal intensive care unit while both were receiving medium-chain triglyceride-rich formula as part of the management of chylothoraces.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bezoars / diagnosis
Bezoars / etiology*
Bezoars / therapy
Female
Humans
Infant Formula*
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Premature, Diseases / diagnosis
Infant, Premature, Diseases / etiology*
Infant, Premature, Diseases / therapy
Stomach*
Triglycerides*

Substances

Triglycerides