meconium peritonitis
Medical Definition
Peritonitis caused by intrauterine intestinal rupture and spillage of fetal meconium into the fetal peritoneal cavity. intra-peritoneal meconium usually calcifies, sometimes within 24 hours. ultrasound findings may include intraabdominal calcifications. [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0003-6754, pmid:3317498]
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