Healed meconium peritonitis presenting as a scrotal mass in an infant

Healed meconium peritonitis presenting as a scrotal mass in an infant

Healed meconium peritonitis may present in an infant as a hard, nontender intrascrotal mass. The presence of intra-abdominal and intrascrotal calcifications on abdominal roentgenograms is sufficient reason to manage the patient conservatively.

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of pediatric surgery 1969-06, Vol.4 (3), p.363-365
Hauptverfasser: Heetderks, Dewey R., Verbrugge, Glenn P.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Calcinosis - diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Infant
Male
Neoplasms - diagnosis
Peritonitis - diagnosis
Radiography
Scrotum
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Zusammenfassung:Healed meconium peritonitis may present in an infant as a hard, nontender intrascrotal mass. The presence of intra-abdominal and intrascrotal calcifications on abdominal roentgenograms is sufficient reason to manage the patient conservatively.
ISSN:0022-3468
1531-5037
DOI:10.1016/0022-3468(69)90684-8