title: Meconium peritonitis and parvovirus B19 infection associated with hydrops fetalis.
abstract: Two preterm infants with non-immune hydrops fetalis associated with meconium peritonitis are reported. The first presented with a cystic abdominal mass and the second had positive parvovirus B19 serology. The association of meconium peritonitis with hydrops fetalis was through different mechanisms in each patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. velaphisc@medicine.wits.ac.za
authors.forename: Sithembiso
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Velaphi
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reubenson
authors.forename: Firdose
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nakwa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015160:Hydrops Fetalis / Q000209:etiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography