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meconial peritonitis

Etiology

- fetal intestinal perforation

  • Cystic fibrosis
    • digestive cystic fibrosis
  • fetal intestinal tumors
    • jejunal congenital fibrosarcoma (#12776248#)

Complications

- disseminated intravascular meconium

References

- Yavner DL, Lage JM. Meconium peritonitis in stillbirths. Pediatr Pathol. 1988;8(6):617-23. PMID: #3244598#