Meconium Peritonitis and Periorchitis: Report of a Prenatal Case

• Main Authors: Cem Yaşar Sanhal (Author), İnanç Mendilcioğlu (Author), Adnan Aslan (Author), Murat Özekinci (Author), Mehmet Şimşek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Network, 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Meconium peritonitis refers to rupture of the bowel prior to birth, resulting in fetal meconium escaping into peritoneum leading to inflammation (peritonitis). Meconium periorchitis is an extension of meconium peritonitis into the scrotum via a patent processus vaginalis. The most common causes of m...