Meconium peritonitis: prenatal diagnosis and postnatal management--a case report

J C Ramesh1, T W Chow, Y I Yik

  • 1Division of Paediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

The management of a case of antenatally diagnosed meconium peritonitis (MP) due to intrauterine intestinal perforation secondary to bowel atresia is reported. The literature is reviewed with reference to the significance and outcome of antenatally diagnosed MP.