Two premature infants whose clinical picture initially was that of necrotizing enterocolitis eventually developed intussusception. The symptomatology of these two conditions is similar, and when they coexist, recognition of a complicating intussusception is difficult. The pathogenic relationship between necrotizing en terocolitis and intussusception remains obscure. The possibility that necrotizing enterocolitis can be a leading point in the development of intussusception is dis cussed.
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