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Prakash Manikoth, Avirat Vaishnav, Ninan Zachariah, Mohammed Jaffer Sajwani, Arun Kumar Nair, Mangalore Govind Pai

Meconium peritonitis secondary to torsion of fallopian tube cyst and transient central diabetes insipidus in a preterm infant

Keywords: Adnexal torsion, diabetes insipidus, meconium peritonitis

Meconium peritonitis is a sterile chemical peritonitis caused by peritoneal seeding of meconium from an antenatal gastrointestinal perforation. We report a 32-week preterm female neonate who developed meconium peritonitis due to bowel perforation, secondary to a twisted left fallopian tube mass, which was excised and confirmed by histopathology. This association has not been reported earlier. The infant also developed transient central diabetes insipidus, a very rare condition in a preterm neonate.

Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 1619-3997
Volume: 33, 01/2005
Pages: 76 - 78

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