Bile-stained amniotic fluid: a case report.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-6-2017
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Green-stained amniotic fluid does not always indicate that meconium was passed in utero.
CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 2280-g Hispanic preterm female born at 32 weeks of gestation with congenital jejunal atresia. The amniotic fluid was greenish stained; the initial impression was meconium-stained amniotic fluid. Postnatal findings revealed no meconium in her rectum. The content of her first stool appeared sticky and white.
CONCLUSION: In the absence of meconium in the rectum, the pediatrician should consider the possibility that the greenish amniotic fluid is not meconium stained, but rather stained with bile due to the fetus vomiting in utero secondary to intestinal obstruction.
Volume
11
Issue
1
First Page
254
Last Page
254
ISSN
1752-1947
Published In/Presented At
Puvabanditsin, S., Chen, C. W., Vinod, S., Mehta, M. S., Choudry, O., & Walzer, L. (2017). Bile-stained amniotic fluid: a case report. Journal of medical case reports, 11(1), 254. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1419-8
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
28874174
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article