Meconium peritonitis due to fetal appendiceal perforation: two case reports and a brief review of the literature

• Main Authors: Yi Wang (Author), Yeming Wu (Author), Wenbin Guan (Author), Wenbo Yan (Author), Yuhua Li (Author), Jin Fang (Author), Jun Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Meconium peritonitis is an infrequent congenital disease usually caused by perforation of the fetal digestive tract. Meconium peritonitis resulting from intrauterine appendiceal perforation has been rarely reported and is often overlooked during pregnancy. We herein report two ca...