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Does prenatal diagnosis of meconium peritonitis have the better recovery? A single-center over 10 years of experience
ObjectiveTo evaluate whether infants with prenatal diagnosis of meconium peritonitis (MP) have a poorer prognosis.
MethodsA retrospective analysis...
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Meconium peritonitis resulting from different etiologies in siblings: a case report
BackgroundMeconium peritonitis is defined as aseptic chemical inflammation caused by intrauterine bowel perforation. The underlying causes of bowel...
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Fetal magnetic resonance imaging contributes to the diagnosis and treatment of meconium peritonitis
BackgroundMeconium peritonitis (MP) is a rare fetal disease that needs to be urgently identified for surgical intervention. We report a series of 35...
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Can early surgery improve the outcome of patients with meconium peritonitis? A single-center experience over 16 years
BackgroundIn the last century, meconium peritonitis(MP)was once a highly fatal gastrointestinal. disease With the development of fetal radiological...
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Persistent cloaca with fetal ascites: clinical features and perinatal management
PurposeFetuses with persistent cloaca are known to develop urine or meconium backflow into the abdominal cavity caused by obstruction of the common...
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Intrauterine volvulus: systemic review of the literature with pooled analysis
Our objective is to analyse the observations related to intrauterine volvulus and assess how clinical manifestations and treatment strategies impact...
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Ileocecal valve-preservation ileocecostomy (IVPI) in infants with extremely short distal ileum after primary stoma
PurposePreserving the ileocecal valve (ICV) has shown significant benefits. We present our experience with 18 infants who underwent ileocecal...
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A rare cause of neonatal feeding intolerance: congenital segmental intestinal dilatation—a case report
BackgroundCongenital segmental intestinal dilatation (CSID) is a rare cause of neonatal bowel obstruction. Patients can present in the early newborn...
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Late diagnosis of anorectal malformation: how good is good enough?
PurposeNational data from the United Kingdom reported in 2016 have suggested that almost one quarter of babies with anorectal malformation (ARM) have...
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Spontaneous rectosigmoid perforation at the watershed area of the Sudeck point in an apparently healthy toddler boy: a case report
BackgroundSpontaneous colon perforation can be classified into stercoral and idiopathic. Stercoral type is associated with chronic constipation, thus...
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The discrepancy of antemortem clinical diagnosis and postmortem autopsy diagnosis of lung pathologies in under-five deaths and the reasons for discrepancies: a case series analysis
BackgroundDiagnostic autopsy is the most reliable approach to definitively ascertain the cause of death and evaluate the accuracy of antemortem...
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Hirschsprung disease
Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a rare congenital intestinal disease that occurs in 1 in 5,000 live births. HSCR is characterized by the absence of...
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Meconium peritonitis: the role of postnatal radiographic and sonographic findings in predicting the need for surgery
BackgroundThe role of imaging in meconium peritonitis is not limited to establishing a diagnosis; rather, it might also be helpful in determining...
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Cystic fibrosis and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: case report and review of literature
BackgroundThis case report describes a child born with both cystic fibrosis (CF) and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1ATD). Both are autosomal...
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Ultrasound imaging of bowel obstruction in neonates
Bowel obstruction (BO) in children has a wide differential diagnosis, ranging from non-urgent conditions to surgical emergencies. Abdominal...
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Prenatal ultrasound manifestations of partial urorectal septum malformation sequence from the first trimester to postnatal: a case report
BackgroundUrorectal septum malformation sequence (URSMS) is characterized by incomplete partitioning of the genital, rectal, and urinary tracts,...
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Magnetic resonance imaging of the fetal gastrointestinal system
In this paper the authors review the normal imaging appearance of the fetal gastrointestinal tract and patterns of fetal gastrointestinal tract...
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Fetal Ascites: Its Prenatal Management and Postnatal Outcome
ObjectiveTo report a single tertiary center experience in the management of prenatally diagnosed cases of fetal ascites and their postnatal outcomes.
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Meconium peritonitis due to fetal appendiceal perforation: two case reports and a brief review of the literature
BackgroundMeconium peritonitis is an infrequent congenital disease usually caused by perforation of the fetal digestive tract. Meconium peritonitis...
