Sonographic features of bowel perforation and calcific meconium peritonitis in utero

1983 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Dunne ◽  
P. Haney ◽  
C. -C. J. Sun
Keyword(s):  
Bowel Perforation ◽  
In Utero ◽  
Meconium Peritonitis

scholarly journals Image of the Month: Meconium Peritonitis with Pseudocyst—A Spot Diagnosis in Newborns

2020 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
pp. e1-e2
Author(s):  
Rudolph Ascherl ◽  
Duarte Vaz Pimentel ◽  
Mathias Knüpfer ◽  
Ina Sorge ◽  
Martin Lacher ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bowel Perforation ◽  
Plain Film ◽  
Exploratory Laparotomy ◽  
Prenatal Ultrasound ◽  
Preterm Newborn ◽  
Meconium Peritonitis ◽  
Abdominal Tumor ◽  
Postoperative Course ◽  
Pediatric Surgeon ◽  
Meconium Pseudocyst

AbstractWe report on a male preterm newborn with a large abdominal tumor found on prenatal ultrasound 2 weeks prior to delivery at 36 + 0 weeks of gestation. A postnatal abdominal plain film showed a mass with well-defined rim calcifications (“eggshell”), suggestive of a meconium pseudocyst. On the 4th day of life, the boy underwent exploratory laparotomy with resection of the cyst and end-to-back jejunojejunostomy. The postoperative course was uneventful. A meconium pseudocyst is the correlate of a sterile peritonitis caused by antenatal bowel perforation. It is an easily recognizable spot diagnosis any pediatrician and pediatric surgeon should be aware of.

Spontaneous resolution of fetal ascites secondary to gastrointestinal abnormality

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Wiles ◽  
Melissa Yannetti ◽  
Cheryl Dinglas
Keyword(s):  
Small Bowel ◽  
Neonatal Outcome ◽  
Abdominal Mass ◽  
In Utero ◽  
Spontaneous Resolution ◽  
Meconium Peritonitis ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Favorable Prognosis ◽  
Normal Neonate ◽  
Gastrointestinal Abnormalities

Abstract Objectives Isolated fetal ascites carries an uncertain prognosis and broad differential diagnosis. When detected on prenatal sonography, a thorough evaluation is warranted to exclude development of hydrops and search for an underlying condition. While gastrointestinal abnormalities account for approximately 20% of cases of fetal ascites, surgical correction is commonly required postnatally. While there have been reports of isolated fetal ascites resolving in utero, spontaneous resolution of the causative gastrointestinal abnormality is unusual. Case presentation We report a case of a multiparous 33-year-old found to have moderate fetal ascites and a complex fetal abdominal mass near the small bowel detected by ultrasound at 32 weeks with spontaneous resolution of both ascites and mass by 37 weeks. Following the delivery of a normal neonate, we suspect the mass and ascites to have been produced by a small bowel rupture resulting in meconium peritonitis. Conclusions When fetal ascites with late gestational onset has spontaneous resolution in utero and hydrops never develops, there is generally a favorable prognosis and normal neonatal outcome.

Meconium peritonitis in utero

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 377-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shinkichi Kamata ◽  
Keisuke Nose ◽  
Shiroh Ishikawa ◽  
Noriaki Usui ◽  
Toshio Sawai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Utero ◽  
Meconium Peritonitis

scholarly journals A case of bowel perforation in a newborn exposed to cocaine in utero

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-472
Author(s):  
Sara Dal Bo ◽  
Francesca Currò ◽  
Alberto Ratta ◽  
Simona Straziuso ◽  
Federico Marchetti
Keyword(s):  
Bowel Perforation ◽  
In Utero

scholarly journals Meconium pseudocyst associated with congenital CMV infection

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sucari Vlok ◽  
Vicci Du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
Peritoneal Cavity ◽  
Rare Complication ◽  
Bowel Perforation ◽  
In Utero ◽  
Cmv Infection ◽  
Congenital Cmv Infection ◽  
Meconium Pseudocyst ◽  
Congenital Cmv

Meconium pseudocyst is a rare complication of fetal bowel perforation in utero, following extravasation and localised containment of meconium within the intra-peritoneal cavity.

Fibroadhesive meconium peritonitis: in utero sonographic diagnosis.

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
P A Nancarrow ◽  
R F Mattrey ◽  
D K Edwards ◽  
C Skram
Keyword(s):  
In Utero ◽  
Meconium Peritonitis ◽  
Sonographic Diagnosis

Meconium Cyct in Preterm Baby

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Cesarean Section ◽  
Bowel Perforation ◽  
Abdominal Distention ◽  
Meconium Peritonitis ◽  
Preterm Baby ◽  
Perforation Peritonitis ◽  
Term Baby ◽  
Chemical Peritonitis

Meconium cyst in pre-term baby is rare. Meconium pseudo cyst is a complication of meconium peritonitis which is a sterile chemical peritonitis due to intrauterine bowel perforation. When the perforation in the intestine does not heal and communication with the cyst persist postnatal that can lead to cyst expansion, infection of the cyst or rupture of pseudo cyst. This is a case report of a neonate with rupture of meconium pseudo cyst causing perforation peritonitis [1]. Our case is preterm 32 weeks part of twins, cesarean section presented with huge abdominal distention diagnosed prenatal as meconium cyst.

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