Meconium peritonitis secondary to torsion of fallopian tube cyst and transient central diabetes insipidus in a preterm infant
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in jpme
- Vol. 33 (1), 76-8
- https://doi.org/10.1515/jpm.2005.014
Abstract
Meconium peritonitis is a sterile chemical peritonitis caused by peritoneal seeding of meconium from an antenatal gastrointestinal perforation. We report a 32-week preterm female neonate who developed meconium peritonitis due to bowel perforation, secondary to a twisted left fallopian tube mass, which was excised and confirmed by histopathology. This association has not been reported earlier. The infant also developed transient central diabetes insipidus, a very rare condition in a preterm neonate.Keywords
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