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Antenatal diagnosis and management of meconium peritonitis: a case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Konje J. C.,
de Chazal R.,
MacFadyen U.,
Taylor D. J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.202
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1469-0705
pISSN - 0960-7692
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-0705.1995.06010066.x
Subject(s) - medicine , meconium peritonitis , meconium , general surgery , obstetrics , peritonitis , intensive care medicine , pregnancy , surgery , fetus , genetics , biology
Abstract We present a case of meconium peritonitis which was associated with a short bowel and complicated by progressive bowel distension and difficulty in making a definitive diagnosis of cystic fibrosis. Treatment was by bowel resection and an ileostomy (and later bowel anastomosis), followed by parenteral nutrition which was complicated by hepatitis. The literature is reviewed and management dilemmas and options are discussed. Copyright © 1995 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology