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Clinical Perinatal/Neonatal Case Presentation

Survival of a Preterm Twin Following Infarction of the Right Hepatic Lobe

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Survival following hemorrhagic necrosis of a lobe of the liver in preterm infants is very uncommon. We present the clinical and radiologic findings of such a case, discuss the clinical management of the hemorrhage that resulted in the infant's survival, and present a basis for the evolution of the liver pathology.

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Shaw, S., Vashaw, W., Haling, J. et al. Survival of a Preterm Twin Following Infarction of the Right Hepatic Lobe. J Perinatol 21, 65–67 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7200490

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