산전 초음파로 진단된 태변복막염

Abstract

The meconium peritonitis is rare and has been difined as a chemical inflamation or foreign-body reaction fo the peritoneum caused by the escape of sterile meconium into the peritoneal cavity of the fetus or newly born infant, resulting from the prenatal small bowel perforation associated with or without obstructive lesions and malformation, had been reported by Simpson (1938) and other authors. Prenatal ultrasonographi cdetection of the meconium peritonitis allow the preparation for the proper management which should be decreased the mortality and morbidity of the neonate. Recently, a case of meconium peritonitis diagnosed by ultrasonography at 33 gestational weeks was experienced. We present this case with a brief review of literature concerned.