title: [Fetal meconium pseudocyst secondary to in utero perforation of colon transversum and meconium peritonitis].
abstract: Fetal bowel intrauterine perforation causes sterile inflammation of the peritoneum, known as meconium peritonitis. In some cases the perforation closes spontaneously, thus forming a meconium pseudocyst between the intestinal loops and the omentum. Meconium peritonitis, complicated by pseudocyst formation, should always be considered when a fetal abdominal mass with diverse echogenicity and hyperechogenic calcifications is observed on prenatal ultrasound. Usually, this is associated with ascites and/or polyhydramnios. The differential diagnosis necessitates exclusion of all other fetal abdominal tumors. We present a case report of meconium pseudocyst diagnosed prenatally at 32 weeks of gestation which was successfully treated by surgery after birth.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Markov
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jekova
authors.forename: St
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Diavolov
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Brankov
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D014595:Uterine Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*