Catalog
Prenatal intrauterine intestinal perforation
Link to WHO Definition
Prenatal intrauterine intestinal perforation – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1865761275
In-utero or prenatal bowel perforation results in a chemical peritonitis (meconium peritonitis) from peritoneal leakage of sterile meconium. Meconium peritonitis results from prenatal intestinal perforation nearly always involving the small bowel.