Abstract
Abstract
Background
Meconium peritonitis (MP) is a rare fetal disease that needs to be urgently identified for surgical intervention. We report a series of 35 patients diagnosed prenatally with MP by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), illustrate the imaging findings and investigate the predictive value of these findings for postpartum management.
Method
A consecutive cohort of patients diagnosed with MP who were born at our institution from 2013 to 2018 was enrolled retrospectively. The prenatal ultrasound and MRI findings were analyzed. Fisher’s exact probability test was used to evaluate the predictive value of MRI for surgical intervention between the operative group and the nonoperative group.
Results
Ascites (30/35) and distended bowel loops (27/35) were two of the most common prenatal MP-related findings on fetal MRI. Of the 35 infants, 26 received surgical intervention. All fetuses with MRI scans showing bowel dilatation (14/26, p = 0.048) and micro-colorectum (13/26, p = 0.013) required surgery. There were no significant differences in the number of fetuses with meconium pseudocysts and peritoneal calcifications between the two groups.
Conclusion
Fetuses with bowel dilatation and micro-colorectum on MRI may need postpartum surgical intervention. Infants with only a small amount of ascites and slight bowel distention were likely to receive conservative treatment.
Funder
Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics/Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center
Guangzhou Science and Technology Department
Guangdong Science and Technology Department
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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