Calcified intraluminal meconium in newborn males with imperforate anus. Enterolithiasis in the newborn.
Five cases are reported and reference is made to 3 previous similar cases of calcified intraluminal meconium in newborn males with "imperforate anus." A rectourinary fistula was found in most of the patients; none of the cases had meconium peritonitis. The calcifications may develop in areas of prolonged stasis; the possible added role of the mixture of urine and meconium in utero is raised.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001006:Anus, Imperforate / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium; D011859:Radiography; D012003:Rectal Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital; D014548:Urinary Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital