Meconium pseudocyst secondary to ileum volvulus perforation without peritoneal calcification: a case report.
BACKGROUND
A case of giant meconium pseudocyst secondary to ileum volvulus perforation is presented. Conventional radiographic features of meconium peritonitis with secondary meconium pseudocyst formation are well described. Our case is unusual in comparison to other cases reported in the literature and needs to be reported because the meconium pseudocyst presented without the typical ultrasound features (calcifications, polyhydramnios and ascites) and was initially identified as an abdominal mass.


METHODS
We describe the case of a 29-year-old Caucasian woman in her third trimester of pregnancy, in which an abdominal mass was detected in the fetus. The newborn was diagnosed in the early neonatal period with meconium pseudocyst secondary to ileum volvulus perforation.


CONCLUSIONS
The prenatal appearance of a meconium pseudocyst can be complemented by other signs of bowel obstruction (if present) such as polyhydramnios and fetal bowel dilatation. This is an original case report of interest to all clinicians in the perinatology and fetal ultrasound field. We consider that the utility of this case is the recognition that a meconium pseudocyst might appear without the typical ultrasound features and should be considered as a differential diagnosis when an echogenic intra-abdominal cyst is seen.
Valladares
Esther
E
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Esplugues de Llobregat, 08950, Barcelona, Spain. evalladares@hsjdbcn.org.
Rodríguez
David
D
Vela
Antonio
A
Cabré
Sergi
S
Lailla
Josep Maria
JM
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