Image of the Month: Meconium Peritonitis with Pseudocyst—A Spot Diagnosis in Newborns
| Autor: | Mathias Knüpfer, Rudolph Ascherl, Ina Sorge, Peter Zimmermann, Duarte Vaz Pimentel, Martin Lacher |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Exploratory laparotomy pseudocyst medicine.medical_treatment meconium lcsh:Surgery Case Report Bowel perforation calcification 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Meconium newborn 030225 pediatrics medicine Cyst cyst business.industry Meconium peritonitis lcsh:RJ1-570 Pediatric Surgeon lcsh:Pediatrics lcsh:RD1-811 medicine.disease digestive system diseases Surgery Gestation 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology business Calcification |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, Vol 08, Iss 01, Pp e1-e2 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2194-7627 2194-7619 |
| Popis: | We 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. |
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