title: Meconium periorchitis: a rare cause of fetal scrotal cyst--MRI and pathologic appearance.
abstract: A case of meconium periorchitis detected by fetal MRI and misdiagnosed during pregnancy as inguinoscrotal hernia is reported for the first time. A full-term black boy presented at birth with an asymptomatic, 'stony-hard', scrotal mass suggestive of an in utero testicular torsion or testicular/paratesticular tumor. Early surgical treatment resulted in the removal of paratesticular yellowish amorphous material. Histology was consistent with the diagnosis of meconium periorchitis, a rare and benign condition resulting from healed intrauterine bowel perforation.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Surgery, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cesca
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Midrio
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tregnaghi
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alaggio
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bitetti
authors.forename: Piergiorgio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gamba
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium; D009920:Orchitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology*