Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction with meconium ileus at onset.
Cystic fibrosis is most often the underlying cause of meconium ileus. We describe the diagnosis and treatment of a patient with chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and not with cystic fibrosis, whose initial manifestation was meconium ileus.
Wilcox
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Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo, State University of New York.
Borowitz
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DS
Stovroff
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Glick
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PL
D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium