Meconium Peritonitis Presenting with Nonimmune Hydrops and Mirror Syndrome

Meconium peritonitis (MP) presenting as hydrops is a rare entity. A 34-week hydropic infant was born to mother diagnosed with a case of nonimmune hydrops. Postnatally, the neonate was diagnosed as a case of MP based on clinical examination and investigations. The neonate underwent exploratory laparo...

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Autores principales: Mishra, Purbasha, Sahoo, Tanushree, Mohanty, Pankaj K, Som, Tapas K, Tripathy, Bikasha Bihari, Singh, Sweta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9208697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35733583
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_51_21
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Sumario:Meconium peritonitis (MP) presenting as hydrops is a rare entity. A 34-week hydropic infant was born to mother diagnosed with a case of nonimmune hydrops. Postnatally, the neonate was diagnosed as a case of MP based on clinical examination and investigations. The neonate underwent exploratory laparotomy which revealed diffuse MP with ileal perforation. She underwent resection of ileal perforation with ileocolic anastomosis. The index case highlights the importance of thorough clinical examination and abdominal X-ray in the diagnosis of MP.

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