In necrotising enterocolitis earliest change seen in X–ray abdomen is –: (A) Non specific bowel dilatation, (B) Gas in the intestinal wall, (C) Gas in splenic flexure, (D) Ground glass appearance
Answer is A. Earliest X-ray finding in neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis --> Nonspecific dilatation of intestine.
Characteristic X-ray finding of neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis --> Pneumatosis intestinalis (Gas in intestinal wall).