We report two cases of spontaneous neonatal gastric perforation in neonates born at term. The first neonate experienced on the second day of life a shock related to gastric perforation and he died 24 hours postoperatively from multisystemic failure. In the second case, gastric perforation occurred in a twin on the third day of life. Total gastrectomy was performed and the baby was well at the age of 13 months. Among the different causes of neonatal gastric perforation reported in the literature, none was found in our two cases. To our knowledge, our second case is the fourth case of survival after total gastrectomy for spontaneous neonatal gastric perforation described in the literature.
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