title: Meconium peritonitis secondary to torsion of fallopian tube cyst and transient central diabetes insipidus in a preterm infant.
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.
authors.affiliation: Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman. manikoth@omantel.net.om
authors.forename: Prakash
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Manikoth
authors.forename: Avirat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vaishnav
authors.forename: Ninan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zachariah
authors.forename: Mohammed Jaffer
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sajwani
authors.forename: Arun Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Mangalore Govind
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Pai
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003919:Diabetes Insipidus / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005184:Fallopian Tube Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008470:Meconium; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging