Atypical Presentation and Evolution of Necrotizing Enterocolitis as a PIK3CA Pathological Variant
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Abstract
Activating mutation of PIK3CA is linked with cases of overgrowth syndromes and belongs to the PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS). Mutations in this gene are associated with vascular malformations, brain abnormalities, and an increased risk for certain tumors. We report the case of a newborn girl, preterm at 34 weeks of gestation, referred to our center for atypical necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). At laparotomy, the appearance of the intestinal tract was described as puffy, cauliflower-like with a dark purplish coloration. Subsequently, the colostomy was described as having a consistent proliferative appearance. Medical treatment with sirolimus resulted in minimal improvement. There are no reported cases in the literature of association between NEC and PIK3CA mutation. It is possible that PIK3CA mutation, including the related vascular anomalies, plays a role in the pathogenesis of NEC with this condition.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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