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태반성 복막염 : Meconium Peritonitis (An Autopsy Case with Diphragmatic Hernia)

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지제근; 김정란

Issue Date
1979-09
Publisher
서울대학교 의과대학
Citation
Seoul J Med, Vol.20 No.3, pp. 239-244
Abstract
An autopsy case of meconium peritonitis in a
neonate is reported. This patient was born to a 37
year old multigravid woman after an uncomplicated
prenatal course. Because of breech presentation a
cesarian section was elected to deliver an edematous
female baby weighing 3.1 kg. who showed
also abdominal distension. The patient died of respiratory
difficulty 5 minutes after birth.
At autopsy there was a large cyst found in the
middle of the abdominal cavity. This 6 X 5 X 4cm
round cyst (Fig. 1&2) was bound by intestinal loops.
liver capsule. omentum and spleen capsule. and was
containing yellow brown fluid and calcium flakes.
Scattered ealcium deposits were also seen in the
serosa of the rest of the abdominal cavity. However.
no areas of bowel perforation or stenosis were
demonstrated.
Associated anomalies were right side Bochdalek
hernia of the diaphragm with herniation of the
liver. and bilateral lung hypoplasia, multifocal white
matter calcification of brain and persistent hyaloid arteries of both eyeballs.
ISSN
0582-6802
Language
Korean
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/7222
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