• Meconium peritonitis is an inflammatory peritonitis due to the discharge of meconium into the peritoneal cavity secondary to perforation of the fetal intestine. • It is accessible to antenatal diagnosis by obstetrical ultrasound. The clinical picture is not very specific.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTuberculosis of the breast is a very rare infection; it occurs chiefly in women of childbearing potential, usually as an apparently primary infection and constitutes a diagnosis and therapeutic challenge. Administration of antituberculous agents is the mainstay of therapy. Surgery is required in some cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA malformative syndrome of unknown prevalence, the diagnosis is based on morphological ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging of the fetus. The transmission is genetic and autosomal recessive. Courtnes has established 4 diagnostic criteria to affirm the acrocal syndrome and to eliminate the amalgam with other polymalformative syndrome.
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