title: Meconium peritonitis presenting as abdominal calcification: three cases with different pathology.
abstract: Intra-abdominal calcification is uncommon in newborns and has several causes of which meconium peritonitis is the most frequent. Three neonates with intra-abdominal calcification as a complication of meconium peritonitis are presented. The types of meconium peritonitis were cystic, meconium pseudocyst and meconium ascites. Two required surgical intervention. Meconium peritonitis should be considered in newborns with intra-abdominal calcification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Delhi, India. poojadewan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dewan
authors.forename: M M A
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Faridi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singhal
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rathi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014463:Ultrasonography