Meconium hydrocele in a female newborn: an unusual cause of a labial mass.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1995
Abstract
Meconium peritonitis results from in utero perforation of the bowel and subsequent spillage of meconium into the peritoneal cavity. Free communication of the peritoneal space with the processus vaginalis during gestation permits formation of a meconium hydrocele. Meconium hydrocele has been reported in the newborn scrotum but to our knowledge there has been no previous report of meconium hydrocele in the labium of a female neonate. The predominance of meconium hydrocele in the male infant may be due to the obliteration of the processus vaginalis occurring later in the male than in the female fetus.
Volume
153
Issue
1
First Page
188
Last Page
190
ISSN
0022-5347
Published In/Presented At
Kizer, J. R., Bellah, R. D., Schnaufer, L., & Canning, D. A. (1995). Meconium hydrocele in a female newborn: an unusual cause of a labial mass. The Journal of urology, 153(1), 188–190. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005392-199501000-00074
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
7966770
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article