Image of the Month: Meconium Peritonitis with Pseudocyst—A Spot Diagnosis in Newborns

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...

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Main Authors: Rudolph Ascherl, Duarte Vaz Pimentel, Mathias Knüpfer, Ina Sorge, Martin Lacher, Peter Zimmermann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2020-01-01
Series:European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-3399556