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We describe two cases of premature infants who developed clinical and radiologic evidence of gastric lactobezoars within the same month in our neonatal intensive care unit while both were receiving medium-chain triglyceride-rich formula as part of the management of chylothoraces.
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Prahl, M., Smetana, D. & Porta, N. Lactobezoar formation in two premature infants receiving medium-chain triglyceride formula. J Perinatol 34, 634–635 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2014.78
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2014.78