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18405693

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-4-14
pubmed:abstractText
Extraluminal calcified meconium is found frequently by prenatal ultrasound in cases with bowel perforation and meconium peritonitis. Intraluminal intestinal meconium calcifications are rarely seen in prenatal sonography. Meconium calcifications result from a mixture of meconium and urine that indicates a connection between intestinal and urinary tract. We report a case of a male newborn prenatally diagnosed with intraluminal echogenic calcifications at 23 weeks of gestation, suggesting an anorectal malformation (ARM) with rectourinary fistula. At birth, the child presented with a complex ARM including high anal atresia with both perineal and rectourethral fistula. Furthermore, a bladder outlet obstruction due to a urethral stenosis was diagnosed. Vesicostomy was performed as an emergency procedure followed by colostomy during neonatal period. Posterior sagittal anorectoplasty was performed at the age of 4 months. Prenatal echogenic calcifications within bowel should raise the suspicion of ARM with rectourinary fistula and bladder outlet obstruction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1531-5037
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e11-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Bladder outlet obstruction causes fetal enterolithiasis in anorectal malformation with rectourinary fistula.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatric Surgery, University of Leipzig, 04317 Leipzig, Germany. udo.rolle@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports