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P Vijayakumar1, T H Koh

  • 1Department of Neonatology, Kirwan Hospital for Women, Thuringowa, Great Barrier Reef, Tounsville, QLD 4817, Australia.

Journal of Perinatology : Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association
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It is reasonable to assume that an umbilical cord stained green is due to the baby having passed meconium in utero. We describe a newborn baby in whom there was a delay in diagnosing an imperforate anus because the baby's umbilical cord was stained green with bile and it was assumed that the baby had passed meconium in utero.

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