Spontaneous rupture of digestive tract in neonates

Presenting four typical cases of spontaneous rupture of stomach in newborns the clinical aspects of the entity are described and the current views on the etiology of the lesion are discussed. Intrapartal shock and asphyxia are supposed to be the main etiologic factors causing this entity by proceduring anemia and anoxia in mesenteric vessels as an effect of blood centralization, which leads to necrosis, and rupture of the gastrointestinal tract. Thus, prophylaxis of intrapartal and neonatal asphyxia seems to be the best way to reduce the incidence of these lesions in newborns