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ArticleCureus2024

Case Report of Meconium Peritonitis: A Rare Cause of Non-immune Hydrops Fetalis.

Radhika Maddali, Carmen Alvarez-Gell, Palanikumar Balasundaram, Mohamed Sakr

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Radhika MaddaliDepartment of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, USA.
Carmen Alvarez-GellDivision of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, USA.
Palanikumar BalasundaramDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Illinois College Medicine Rockford, Rockford, USA.
Mohamed SakrDepartment of Neonatology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, USA.

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Abstract

Meconium peritonitis (MP) as a cause of non-immune hydrops in neonates is rarely reported. We present a case of a 35-week gestational-age male neonate diagnosed with hydrops secondary to MP. Antenatal scan at 34 weeks and five days revealed features of fetal hydrops, and the prenatal workup did not reveal the etiology. Postnatal imaging confirmed MP with abdominal calcifications, and the neonate developed pneumoperitoneum due to intestinal perforation. Emergency laparotomy revealed diffuse MP without a definitive site of perforation. An ileostomy was created and closed before discharge. Follow-up showed normal growth and development, emphasizing the importance of early diagnosis and multidisciplinary management in such rare cases. MP, though rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of non-immune hydrops fetalis (NIHF), particularly in the presence of fetal ascites.

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fetal ascitesmeconium peritonitisneonatal pneumoperitoneumnon-immune hydrops fetalistorch infections

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PMID39624559
PMCPMC11611431

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