In necrotising enterocolitis earliest change seen in X–ray abdomen is –
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).
Non specific bowel dilatation
Gas in the intestinal wall
Gas in splenic flexure
Ground glass appearance