Author(s)

Assetou Cissouma^1*, Mamadou B. Coulibaly², Djibril Kassogué³, Hachimi A. Poma¹, Moussa Diassana⁴, Bathio Traoré⁴, Aly Diallo⁴, Layes Touré⁵, Ternan Traoré⁵, Moussa Kanté⁶, Abdoulaye Kissima-Traoré⁷

¹Pediatric Service, Sikasso Hospital, Sikasso, Mali.
²Pediatric Surgery Service, Sikasso Hospital, Sikasso, Mali.
³Pediatric Service, Timbuktu Hospital, Timbuktu, Mali.
⁴Surgery General Service, Sikasso Hospital, Sikasso, Mali.
⁵Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery Service, Sikasso Hospital, Sikasso, Mali.
⁶Anesthesia and Intensive Care Service, Sikasso Hospital, Sikasso, Mali.
⁷Cardiology Service, Sikasso Hospital, Sikasso, Mali.

Introduction: Congenital limb gangrene is a rare pathology. In the majority of cases, no cause is identified and its treatment is not codified. Observation: 29-week premature newborn, female from poorly followed twin pregnancy. Clinical examination at admission found an unstable neonate, the presence of necrosis of the left hand and forearm well limited, with absent humeral pulse and absence of hand movement. Surgical treatment was scheduled for amputation of the limb after the agreement of the parents whose postoperative follow-ups were simple. Conclusion: Congenital gangrene remains a rare entity in neonatology.

Gangrene, Upper Limb, Newborn, Prematurity

Cissouma, A. , Coulibaly, M. , Kassogué, D. , Poma, H. , Diassana, M. , Traoré, B. , Diallo, A. , Touré, L. , Traoré, T. , Kanté, M. and Kissima-Traoré, A. (2021) Congenital Gangrene in a Premature Newborn: A Case Report. Open Journal of Pediatrics, 11, 393-397. doi: 10.4236/ojped.2021.113036.